Bicycle Made Out Of Cardboard
03-29-14, 10:26 AM
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Bicycle Made Out Of Cardboard
Behold, the $20 Bicycle. Even More Amazing Is What It?s Made Of. | Mobiledia
I don't know if the forks, etc. are made of cardboard but even if is just the frame and wheels it is still pretty cool.
Behold, the $20 Bicycle. Even More Amazing Is What It’s Made Of.
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Meet Israeli Izhar Gafni. He’s a designer and engineer. When he became obsessive with the idea of a durable, affordable bicycle, he decided to make it out of cardboard. Everyone told him it was impossible, until…
Cam Lincoln in Innovations & Inventions
Meet Israeli Izhar Gafni. He’s a designer and engineer. When he became obsessive with the idea of a durable, affordable bicycle, he decided to make it out of cardboard. Everyone told him it was impossible, until…
03-29-14, 03:05 PM
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I seldom open such film clips but I'm glad that I watched this one.
I'm pretty sure that there's some conventional bicycle parts buried under the cardboard but I still think that it's a pretty neat accomplishment.
I'm pretty sure that there's some conventional bicycle parts buried under the cardboard but I still think that it's a pretty neat accomplishment.
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03-31-14, 10:25 PM
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And it's already been debunked... Publicity stunt, selling the bike for $290 to "donors". No mass production has started. Nor will it in my opinion.
$20 cardboard bike project runs into obstacles - Fortune Tech
$20 cardboard bike project runs into obstacles - Fortune Tech
03-31-14, 10:59 PM
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I wouldn't call it a stunt as it appears there is a serious effort to build a business around the idea, but the crowdfunding angle has died:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-cardboard-bike
Like many unconventional approaches to materials for machines (e.g., concrete boats), this is an interesting engineering exercise, but not necessarily one which has any practicality as a commercial product. I'm sure you could build a bicycle from pasta, toothpicks, and tie-wraps too.
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-cardboard-bike
Like many unconventional approaches to materials for machines (e.g., concrete boats), this is an interesting engineering exercise, but not necessarily one which has any practicality as a commercial product. I'm sure you could build a bicycle from pasta, toothpicks, and tie-wraps too.
- Mark
04-01-14, 09:58 AM
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I'm currently working on a cardboard bike project with my local Bike Collective and the Science station. We're going a slightly different direction than the guy in the above video. We're laminating multiple sheets of corrugated cardboard together in a vacuum bag, and siphoning fiberglass resin into it. The result is like plywood, but a little lighter. It's plenty stiff. We're using salvaged bike wheels, handlebars, fork, seat, etc. to simplify the project.
It may just work. I'll make a post on it later this month when we're done.
It's a pointless engineering exercise, really. It's not very "green" because we're using nasty resin. Recycled steel and aluminum frames are more "green". But it's a fun exercise.
It may just work. I'll make a post on it later this month when we're done.
It's a pointless engineering exercise, really. It's not very "green" because we're using nasty resin. Recycled steel and aluminum frames are more "green". But it's a fun exercise.
04-01-14, 04:32 PM
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I'm currently working on a cardboard bike project with my local Bike Collective and the Science station. We're going a slightly different direction than the guy in the above video. We're laminating multiple sheets of corrugated cardboard together in a vacuum bag, and siphoning fiberglass resin into it. The result is like plywood, but a little lighter. It's plenty stiff. We're using salvaged bike wheels, handlebars, fork, seat, etc. to simplify the project.
- Mark
04-02-14, 07:21 AM
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My triumph so far has been machining a bottom bracket cup out of a cardboard/resin log we made. The bearing races for the ashtabula will press right in. We're using super-stiff cardboard tubes (like the inside of a paper roll) for the seat and head tubes.
We're keeping it simple for the prototype: single speed crank, coaster brake hub.
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