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As an avid rider, I really like the concept and applaud his effort but I have a few detractions. -While it's a good idea to use recycled parts, no manufacturer
by error54 14y ago
As an avid rider, I really like the concept and applaud his effort but I have a few detractions.
-While it's a good idea to use recycled parts, no manufacturer is going to go through the trouble of creating a (conceivably multi-million dollar) factory to make these bikes and only sell them for twenty dollars.
-Let's not forget that $20 is still a heck of a lot of money in third world countries. Half the world lives on less than $2.50 a day[1].
-Bikes aren't that expensive or hard to come by, even in impoverished nations.
I think a real difference could be made if this guy set up a non-profit, sold these cardboard bikes to people who really like live "green", and donated the profits to the red cross or some other charity.
1-http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-sta...