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2012-10-15 7:48 AM

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Subject: Who needs carbon fiber
when you can get one of these bad boys for a fraction of the cost. Heck, they're even cheaper than a carbon bottle cage!! http://news.yahoo.com/cardboard-bicycle-change-world-says-israeli-inventor-090732689.html



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2012-10-15 7:53 AM
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the concept and opportunities for this bike are awesome.  game changer, for sure. 
2012-10-15 8:16 AM
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Very cool idea and I think it'll go places.

However there is no way he'll be profitable at a $20 price point.  The labor alone to assemble the finished parts is more than that. And material costs will be far more than $20 as well.

He also needs to look at the tensioning of that drive belt.  Right now it appears to just be a pin.  That's going to wear out the belt prematurely.

(/end mechanical engineer mode)

2012-10-15 8:23 AM
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^^  It also looks like it needs a much more comfortable seat... 
2012-10-15 9:18 PM
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It's the bicycle version of the Adobe:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/273955

2012-10-16 8:01 AM
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Would it be shipped to you in an aluminum or carbon-fiber box though?

 

2012-10-17 11:31 AM
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how come no one has mentioned that the seat is clearly too high......
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