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Cardboard bicycle 2 Jul 2008
Phil Bridge, a 21-year old student from Stockport, has designed a cardboard bicycle that might one day sell for as little as £15 ($30 USD).
Bridge, who is studying product design at Sheffield Hallam University, told The Telegraph: "I started by looking at the reasons why people don't use bikes as a mode of transport, and one of the primary reasons I came up with was the initial investment in a bike.
"A typical round town bike can cost several hundred pounds, and that's a large investment for people who aren't sure whether they will use it. The idea of cardboard is to completely devalue the bike".
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2 comments so far
guy perry 2 Jul 2008 03:42 PM
Kinda reminds me of that old joke, "Did you hear about the guy who built a wooden car with a wooden body and wooden wheels?" ... "It wooden go!" (Boom-boom!)
Ruairi Galavan 2 Jul 2008 04:11 PM
And when it rains...you get one collapsing soggy bicycle.