*
July 30 2012 · 01:03 pm · 216 notes

prostheticknowledge:

Recycled Cardboard Bike 

Environmentally friendly, strong, and extremely cheap ($9!) - via Made In Israel:

They are made of recycled cardboard, can withstand water and humidity, cost nearly nothing – and might the concept of green vehicle. Izhar Gafni is a Kibbutz resident, who decided to prove to his fellow engineers that he could make a bicycle at nearly no cost.

“They said it was impossible”

Izhar Gafni, originally from Kibbutz Bror Hayil in the Negev, took the most popular and widely sold vehicle in the community and decided to turn it into an entirely green private venture.

Gafni’s bicycle redefines the idea of green transportation in every way, being environmentally friendly from early stages of production all the way through creation of the final product. The bicycles are made out of recycled and used cardboard.

… Gafni said that the production cost for his recycled bicycles is around $9-12 each, and he estimates it could be sold to a consumer for $60 to 90, depending on what parts they choose to add.

Here is a 6 minute video, where the inventor guides us himself how this project came about:

Izhar cardboard bike project from Giora Kariv on Vimeo.

You can read more about it here

(via lustik)

  1. thedizzydyke reblogged this from mmaudi
  2. mmaudi reblogged this from gildedcrows
  3. starwhal reblogged this from suavefox
  4. suavefox reblogged this from pitzka and added:
    ahhhhh, ich will eins
  5. solidspiritualstate reblogged this from prostheticknowledge
  6. affirmati0n reblogged this from plutostrikesback
  7. peanutbutterandbicycles reblogged this from lustik
  8. polymathlete reblogged this from jenfuckingchen
  9. detailburo reblogged this from experimentoverde
  10. pitzka reblogged this from lustik
  11. merrfish reblogged this from baby-dontdoit
  12. kat-adrianmiller reblogged this from baby-dontdoit
  13. baby-dontdoit reblogged this from jenfuckingchen
  14. jenfuckingchen reblogged this from prostheticknowledge
  15. lightsareout reblogged this from prostheticknowledge and added:
    wantwantneed
  16. beyond-limbo reblogged this from ratta2ey
  17. ratta2ey reblogged this from lustik
  18. ducao reblogged this from lustik
  19. the-memories-are-on-the-wall reblogged this from sentwithloveandkisses
  20. sentwithloveandkisses reblogged this from 61cygni
  21. 61cygni reblogged this from lustik
  22. piratezombie reblogged this from viomatic
  23. 0tracas reblogged this from lustik
  24. margauxdiary reblogged this from lustik
  25. anyakiran reblogged this from lustik
  26. dead-moron reblogged this from lustik
  27. viomatic reblogged this from lustik
  28. ndeye reblogged this from lustik
  29. teainyourunderwear reblogged this from lustik