Will this bike one day become the cheapest ever to be sold at our Downey bike shop?
A newly designed bicycle by Israeli entepreneur Izhar Gafni, is constructed from light-weight, durable, eco-friendly, inexpensive, and waterproof cardboard. Does it sound too weird to be true? That's exactly what the experts told him.
Gafni wanted to create a bicycle that would be too inexpensive to appeal to bike thieves, so he began experimenting with building a bicycle out of cardboard boxes. Though he was met with skepticism from the engineers he consulted with, he persevered. He has since created a successful working model of his cardboard bike.
The prototype may still undergo more changes, but presently the production cost is about $9 to $12 per bike. Gafni has not yet found a manufacturer to produce the bikes, so it is uncertain what the total cost will be, but Gafni says it will cost less than $90 new.
