The Hunting Dynasty
Efficient by nature, elegent by design.Archive for Bicycle
Recycled ‘cycles
Rusted.Up.Beyond.All.Recognition.Bikes
RUBARB was started by volunteers in March 2006 — about a half-year after Hurricane Katrina and the levee-failure flooding of New Orleans — RUBARB was inspired by a much-repeated experience of hurricane cleanup crews: pulling bicycle after unused, flood-damaged bicycle from the mountains of trash that covered the city. Rather than consign these flood bikes to the post-Katrina dump, these volunteers decided, why not clean them, fix them and then pass them along to residents and other volunteers who need them?
A brilliant idea – recycled rarities.
Now this REALLY IS a folding bike…
Phil Bridge from Stockport, UK is a Product Design student. He’s also very clever, I think. He’s invented the cardboard bike. Kinda seems like it’s already been done right? That’s what makes it great.
It’s designed to last for about six months of constant use and uses about £15 of cardboard for the frame. All the other bike bits are standard metal/rubber parts.
And before you ask, apparently it’s fine in the rain…
Bicycles grow on trees
…well sort of – Bamboo bicycles. The frame is made of bamboo which is stronger than a carbon mountain bike. And harvestable. Crop cycles anyone?
