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This $9 cardboard bike is a smooth recycled ride

Israeli tinkerer Izhar Gafni unveils a cardboard bike prototype made from $9 worth of materials.
Amanda Kooser
by Amanda Kooser
July 27, 2012 10:28 AM PDT

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57481444-1/this-$9-cardboard-bike-is-a-smooth-recycled-ride/

I have a friend who still looks out for her stolen bike wherever she goes. She might not be so obsessed with the loss if the bike had been made for $9 out of recycled cardboard.

Bike enthusiast and designer Izhar Gafni built a functioning bicycle out of cardboard. The inspiration came from a another inventor's cardboard canoe project.

Gafni ran his idea by some engineers who told him to give up the dream, that it was impossible. He tried it anyway. The result is an attractive, working bike that costs as little as $9 to make. Of course, that price tag doesn't include the immense amount of R&D time Gafni put into it.

The bike went through a tremendous amount of prototyping and tweaking. The finished piece is dipped in a coating material that gives it a shiny outer shell and protects the material from the elements. You wouldn't know it was cardboard just by looking at it.

Wow! That's interesting. Perfect for the kid's paper run!

Yep,Hoodah Thunkit?

Cool!

All the usual suspects ....Hi guys!

The construction....

http://vimeo.com/37584656#

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