The highlight of the Wishbone Bike Recycled Edition that the company launched last year is its recycled-carpet frame. In an ingenious move, the company decided to save old, unwanted carpets from the long, slow demise of the landfill by recycling them into bike frames. The pre-used carpets from the United States are shaved, shredded, mixed with glass fiber for added strength, and turned into resin pellets. From there, Wishbone molds the pellets into bike frames.
The Recycled Edition is offered as a three-in-one package, starting off as a small push trike for children 12 months and older. The dual rear wheels with long axle swap out for a single wheel with short axle, creating a balance bike. The rear frame arm can be placed in either low position or flipped over to make a higher push bike for larger, older children up to six years old. The central, single-bolt Rotafix system allows for quick, easy frame reconfiguration and seat adjustment between 9 and 20 in (23 and 51 cm) in height. The Wishbone Bike design gives children between one and six years old a fun ride with 12-in air-filled rubber tires and prepares them for riding a real pedal bicycle.
Of course, every child is going to outgrow his or her push bike and graduate to a pedal bike eventually. Wishbone Design is encouraging those children to do so on the same bike they grew up on. At the recent Nuremberg Toy Fair, the company showed its all-new pedal kit, which adds one more configuration to the Recycled Edition.
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Recycled-carpet bike grows from child's first trike to pedal bike
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