Cardboard bike!

A bicycle made nearly completely out of cardboard could change the world. The cardboard bike is cheap, durable and rides like a traditional metal-framed one. It has the potential help ease the world's most congested cities to helping transport people in the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says.

Izhar Gafni, 50, is an expert in designing automated mass - production lines. He is an enthusiastic cyclist who for years has thought about the idea of a bicycle made of cardboard.

"I worked for four years to cancel out the cardboard structure's weak points," Gafni said. "Overall, it took a year and a half, with a lot of testing and failure until I got it just right."

Initial production is set to begin in Israel shortly and the bikes will be available to purchase within a year.

 

Izhar Gafni with his cardboard bike.