Bicycle Tree

Decades ago, a child chained a bicycle to a tree on Washington’s Vashon Island. The tree, unperturbed, grew around the bike. | Photo by Ethan Welty/Tandem

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Monday-Friday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 

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*Sunday December 23 1:00-5:00
*Christmas Eve December 24 9:30-12:00
*Closed Christmas Day December 25
*New Years Eve December 31 9:30-12:00
*Closed New Year’s Day January 1
**Starting January 9 we will be closed on Wednesday’s in January and February

 

The Cardboard Bicycle

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times had a story about a $20 cardboard bicycle that caught my eye. Inventor, Izhar Gafni, has created a functioning cardboard bicycle that he hopes to put into mass production in the next three months. Despite being made almost entirely of cardboard, Gafni says the bike is strong, durable, fireproof and waterproof. And because it is made of cardboard, it will also be cheap. Gafni’s business partner Nimrod Elmish said that he expects the bike to sell at retail stores for $20. The tires are one of the very few parts of the bike not made of cardboard. Instead, they are made of reconstituted rubber from old car tires. And because they are solid, they cannot be punctured.

Watch Video: Cardboard bike by Izhar Gafni

Interesting concept!

-Jim