Cardboard bicycles

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Cardboard and cycling

Cardboard and cycling are unlikely bedfellows, but that hasn't stopped a number of designers from experimenting with it. It matters not how strong your lock or how comprehensive a cycle insurance policy you have chosen, the threat of theft persists because criminals find it quick, easy and lucrative to sell stolen bikes - a fact that inspired Israeli entrepreneur Izhar Gafni to develop a cardboard bicycle made that is so cheap to buy it has little re-sale value for thieves.

The cardboard bicycle defies all preconceptions; it is strong, waterproof, humidity-resistant and most crucially, at £6, cheap to build.

Izhar Gafni says that early prototypes looked little more than Fedex courier boxes on wheels. In its final incarnation it looks surprisingly attractive and appears to ride well.

https://vimeo.com/37584656

The Packtasche is a set of panniers made from cardboard designed to be offered by supermarkets to their cycling customers.

German designers Philipp Moherndl and Matthias Lechner claim the panniers can safely carry 12 kg of shopping and can be used numerous times before they are recycled.

https://youtu.be/FizkknhUpsk

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