More and more companies are offering in situ bike repairs, with bike mechanics fixing and servicing bikes where customers work, live or are stranded. One example is Live Cycle in Berlin: Traditional bike shops risk of losing an important regular income if they don’t offer a similar service. Shimano is coming to their rescue by…
“I Decongest the City” is a German initiative to encourage businesses to test cargobikes. Around 120 companies are participating. Greenpeace Energy is one of them. They have been using an electric Christiania Bike Matti Pauls (left above), the Greenpeace Energy Regional Partner now rides the bicycle four to five times a week (approx 60km) for…
Where would you rather live: a country drifting away into deluded isolation or in cities that are taking concrete action to wean people off the poisoned chalice of motor vehicles. Three contrasting headlines: UK Transport minister rules out extending ‘low emission vehicle’ grants to e-bikes – BikeBiz National subsidy for large cargobikes (min: 150kg, 1m3…
VeloStrom reports that Correos, the Spanish postal service, are expanding their testing of cargobikes from the original city of Sevilla to other Andalusian towns, Malaga Granada and Cordoba. With the new pilots, the cargobox has been increased from 300l to 550l. The tricycles have also been redesigned to improve ergonomics and stability, with 20″ rear…
Twenty seconds to set up and a 180kg pallet is ready to be towed by bike. Made by FlexiModal, a company based in Rennes, the trailer can increase scope and speed of micro-delivery hubs: Even the larger cargobikes are not able to transport pallets at present. If BicyLift is available at a micro-consolidation hub, a wider…
We have written about two catering businesses (one in Vienna and one in London) with large cargobike fleets, essential for an efficient distribution. ICBF reports about another one in Amsterdam, Marleen Kookt, which has grown from a two-people operation in a home kitchen to an operation that includes 50 part-time riders (Bezorgers) on 23 Urban…
Switzerland’s CarVelo2Go is the most successful cargobike public hire scheme in the world with 140 locations in 21 cities and towns, and growing. It is managed by the Mobility Academy in Bern. Last month they hosted the Carvelo Camp, inviting cargobike experts from various European countries. After hearing success stories from Austria, Germany and the…
Guest blog by CycleHoop, a cycle parking provider, leading the industry in design and innovation. Did you know that Cyclehoop also provide sound systems for bike events? We love music so much that we have created a fleet of bespoke music bikes, using the Christiania Bikes 3107 model, to bring something extra special to our…
At Eurobike 2017 (world’s largest bicycle trade show in Friederichshaven), the range and quality of cargobikes was impressive. Cargobike.Jetzt has tried to capture most of the new models in this rich gallery, but rues the inability of the fair organisers to put the sector in evidence, in spite of clear media interest. The article also…
In London and in Vienna the largest cargobike fleets are probably run by food businesses, Pure and Rita respectively. Pure has 18 Christiania cargobikes scattered in six Central London branches, delivering breakfast, lunch and dinner to mostly corporate customers. In Vienna, Rita Bringts has “13 refrigerated Bullitts, plus several trikes”. The ICBF Blog has a nice…
Velogik reports on the enlargement of the public bicycle hire service Métrovélo to include cargobikes, following increased customer demand. The choice of vehicles was the result of a detailed survey and street test by potential users. The first cargo bikes, in Métrovelo colour, were finally put into service this spring. The Danish brand Nihola (assembled in…
Last week, Sadiq Kahn, London’s Mayor has published his draft Transport Strategy. Congestion is a big problem in the capital, and the Mayor has identified two main culprits: the increase of Uber taxis and the increase of delivery vans. Regarding the latter, the Mayor reaches the conclusion that some consolidation of deliveries is possible…
