The Incredible Cardboard Bicycle Izhar Gafni, 50, from Israel, had a dream.

He wanted to build a bicycle that almost everyone could afford. The bike would have to be lightweight but very strong, durable but chea . !ith so many contrasting s ecifications, Gafni did not know how he would construct such a bicycle. Then one day the answer came to him" cardboard# $ardboard% &ure, cardboard can be used to make bo'es, but the idea of using cardboard to make a bike was radical, no one had ever done it before. (ccording to Gafni, making a bike from cardboard )was e'tremely difficult and I had to find the right way to fold the cardboard in several different directions. It took a year and a half, with lots of testing and failure until I got it right.) *ut what e'actly does getting it right mean% ( bicycle is usually made of a variety of material, such as steel, aluminum, titanium and even carbon fiber. There+s also a lot of rubber used and some fiber glass too. (ll these materials make a bike that is strong, durable, as well as fire roof and water roof. *ut Gafni+s bike will have none of those materials. How is it ossible% To make the cardboard fire roof and water roof, Gafni coats it with a secret reci e of organic ingredients. ,ater in the roduction rocess, the cardboard is lac-uered and ainted. To make sure the material is water roof, Gafni soaked the cardboard in a tank of water for several months. He roudly says the cardboard remained firm and strong. *ut Gafni has more sur rises u his sleeve. The com leted bike will have no metal arts at all, even arts like brakes and the chain. Instead of metal, Gafni will use a to "secret material made from recycled resources. This mystery material must remain a secret until Gafni gets a atent for it. (nd so will the cardboard bike change the world% Gafni thinks so. .irst, the use of organic and recycled material to make durable goods could dramatically change the way things are manufactured. (nd second, the bike will cost no more than /00, meaning that eo le who have never been able to afford a conventional bicycle can soon find themselves much more mobile. Gafni is so sure of his bike that he has lans in the future for a mo ed version. He also thinks that one day, even cars and lanes could be made from his cardboard. *ut that, he says, 1is still a way down the road.) Excercise: What is stuff made of? Put the following items, A-H, with the material it is made from. All items can go in more than one category. (. Guitar *. $om uter $. The *rooklyn *ridge 2. $ar 3. $anned vegetables .. 3ye Glasses G. .ootball Goal H. Helena 4ondr56kov5 7or here could be $anned $ola8 98 Material :. &teel9 0. ;lastic <. (luminum

=. Iron 5. !ood >. ?ubber @. Aylon Answers: 1:a, b, d, f 2:a, b, d, f 3:b, d, f, h (canned cola !:c ,d ":a, g #: b, d $: a, b, d, g