Cardboard bicycle

[5][6] In 2008, Phil Bridge created a cardboard bicycle as part of a three-year degree course in Product Design at Sheffield Hallam University.

[5][7][8][9] It was intended to discourage theft,[8] supports a rider up to 169 pounds (77 kg),[7] and is constructed from a structural cardboard called Hexacomb.

In 2012, Izhar Gafni, an Israeli mechanical engineer and cycling enthusiast,[10] unveiled a prototype bicycle made almost entirely out of cardboard in his workshop in Moshav Ahituv.

[2] The components, including bike’s frame, wheels, handlebars and saddle,[3] consist of sheets of cardboard folded and glued together.

[1] Power is transferred from the pedals to the rear wheel with a belt, also made from recycled rubber.