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The bicycle thread.
- Thread starter general eclect
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sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
Awesome idea for a thread. I love to bike, mainly because nobody will teach me to drive, and I don't got money for gas ever.
I ride about 68 KM a week going to and from school, and work. Good workout, save money.
I ride about 68 KM a week going to and from school, and work. Good workout, save money.
general eclect
Android Expert
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
Drop in here for a month or three. I'll teach you how to drive.
haha, my family ain't gunna teach me, so someone ought to.
For the other campus of my school, its 13.3 miles away, I like biking, but don't want to bike 26 miles to and from school in one day, but if I have to, I will.
gtbarry
Android Expert
I may own a Kestrel, but I really want to buy this...
Mr Gafni, who is based in Ahituv, Israel, spent years trying to work out how to make a cardboard bicycle able to support the weight of a human being. The trick is twofold. First, he folds the cardboard—commercial-grade material, made from recycled paper—to increase its strength. (He worked out the exact pattern of folding for each of the machine’s components using the principles of origami.) Then, once it is folded, he treats the result with a proprietary resin that holds it in shape and stiffens it, before cutting it into the form of the component required. A second application of resin renders the component waterproof, and a lick of lacquer makes it look good. The result, Mr Gafni claims, is stronger than carbon fibre.
Monitor: Re-cycling | The Economist
Mr Gafni, who is based in Ahituv, Israel, spent years trying to work out how to make a cardboard bicycle able to support the weight of a human being. The trick is twofold. First, he folds the cardboard—commercial-grade material, made from recycled paper—to increase its strength. (He worked out the exact pattern of folding for each of the machine’s components using the principles of origami.) Then, once it is folded, he treats the result with a proprietary resin that holds it in shape and stiffens it, before cutting it into the form of the component required. A second application of resin renders the component waterproof, and a lick of lacquer makes it look good. The result, Mr Gafni claims, is stronger than carbon fibre.
Monitor: Re-cycling | The Economist