Cardboard bicycles

bicycle pop-up card

The animated image above fails to do justice to the intricacy and charm of the cardboard bicycles on this pop-up card by lovepopcards.com. In fact, why not experience the card for your self? We have three to give away – simply leave us a message at the bottom of this page and let us know who you would send it to if you won the draw and we will pick three of you next week.

Cardboard and cycling

Cardboard and cycling are unlikely bedfellows, but that hasn’t stopped a number of designers from experimenting with it. It matters not how strong your lock or how comprehensive a cycle insurance policy you have chosen, the threat of theft persists because criminals find it quick, easy and lucrative to sell stolen bikes – a fact that inspired Israeli entrepreneur Izhar Gafni to develop a cardboard bicycle made that is so cheap to buy it has little re-sale value for thieves.

The cardboard bicycle defies all preconceptions; it is strong, waterproof, humidity-resistant and most crucially, at £6, cheap to build.

Izhar Gafni says that early prototypes looked little more than Fedex courier boxes on wheels. In its final incarnation it looks surprisingly attractive and appears to ride well.

The Packtasche is a set of panniers made from cardboard designed to be offered by supermarkets to their cycling customers.

Packtasche cardboard panniers for bicycles

German designers Philipp Moherndl and Matthias Lechner claim the panniers can safely carry 12 kg of shopping and can be used numerous times before they are recycled.

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  1. Elspeth

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    I would give it to my son for his birthday because he’s bike mad but also an environmentalist! X

  2. Jill Baines

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    I would send it to my nephew, a keen cyclist who has just given his eldest daughter a bike (and safety helmet) for her birthday

  3. Kathy Cowbrough

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    Great card to have for my daughter who is expecting a baby and has ridden her bike every day to work up until last Friday when she finished work – a week before baby due.

  4. Anna Shakoor-Green

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    My ‘cycling sistah’, Christine Evans (aka Artist on a Bike’ would love this card and I think she has a Birthday coming up.

  5. Diane Craddock

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    I would give it to my cousin, aged 80, who lives, and cycles (and is planning to break records) in the Velodrome in La Paz, high in the Andes in Bolivia.

  6. Allan Gaunt

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    Great card to send to any of my cycling buddies

  7. Laurie Cremore

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    Hi, These cards look neat, our Son is a real hardy cyclist he would love to receive one for his birthday.
    Kind regards
    Laurie.

  8. Roger Birchall

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    I think I would send it to my lovely wife!,
    As a reminder of where I am most likeley to be!!!!

  9. Jim Woodlingfield

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    I would give it to my mum when she retires and gets to spend more time riding her bike.

  10. Kath H

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    I’d give it to my husband as he loves his bike: it’s his chosen mode of transport

  11. Peter Clark

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    My long suffering missus Ali because she thinks my bikes are just an excuse to spend money. Which of course they are but this would throw her off the scent for a bit 🤔

  12. Neil Woolford

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    I’d give it to my friend Keith, back on his bike just months after heart-valve surgery.

  13. Matt Blackmore

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    Great card for my sons fifth birthday- he has dreams of being my riding partner! Perhaps the two cyclists in the card are me and him?!

  14. Gabriel Maryan-Letch

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    I’d give it to my daughters to help inspire them to enjoy cycling.

  15. Mark B

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    I’d give it to my kids. They love riding their bikes and my youngest hasn’t long learned to ride hers.

  16. Matt Schmidt

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    I would give it to my 4 year old daughter to inspire her read and ride!

  17. James Russell

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    My son says:
    I would send it to my Dad, because he likes cycling a lot.

  18. Jayne Smith

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    I would give it to my brother for his birthday in November. He cycles in London everyday which earns a lot of respect from me!

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