Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Update Velove Armadillo


The Velove Armadillo cargo bike combines qualities from the velomobile and cargo bike world, and also adds some new dimensions. The aim is to make a bike that can replace as many relatively short car/delivery van trips as possible by providing driving pleasure, comfort and cargo capacity, in any weather.

​Three prototypes have been built and thoroughly tested in real-life conditions between​ 2012 and 2015. The third prototype was built in co-operation with Flevobike in Holland. Here is an article on prototype 3:

Velove has just started production of a batch of 10 pre-series bikes, that will all be used in a mobility project in Gothenburg, Sweden. Some of these bikes will have weather protection for both rider and passenger/goods.

The plan is to officially launch the cargo version of the bike, without weather protection, on the International Cargo Bike Festival in Nijmegen in April:

Monday, March 16, 2015

Boxer Cycles Rocket



Boxer Cycles is a new UK cycle manufacturer devoted to producing the world’s most practical and best looking range of cargo trikes.

‘Our goal is to make every ride of our trikes inspirational to their riders, passengers and to the passers-by that stop and look at them’. Says Jeremy Davies, Boxer’s lead designer and managing director. ‘
Boxer has achieved this with the Rocket, which is rapidly becoming recognised as the most beautiful family trike produced to date. ‘We are very proud of the praise we have received to date, the Rocket seems to brighten peoples days judging by the smiles we see as we ride past’

Recent praise of note is that the Design Museum in London is intending to feature the Rocket in a new exhibition in the Autumn and recently senior lecturer in architecture and spatial design, Steven 'Cycle Space' Fleming, labelled the Rocket ‘Dymaxion Bike’ - which equates it to designs produced by the 1930’s modernist and visionary Buckminster Fuller.
This feeling of surprise and intrigue that our Rocket seems to generate is what inspires us to go on and create further designs which jump out and  say ‘look at me I am something that you have never seen before, but I’m real, I’m buyable, I’m highly functional and will change the way you live your life considerably’

Boxer Cycles will be at the International Cargo Bike Festival 2015 in Nijmegen

Saturday, March 14, 2015

The Dutch and Their Bikes

Like in 2014 American photographer and author Shirley Agudo will be signing her book "The Dutch and Their Bikes" at the International Cargo Bike Festival on Sunday 19 April 2015.
Shirley Agudo catches the beauty, fun and pleasure of cycling in het photography. She shows to the Dutch - and the rest of the world - how special our bicycle culture really is. We are hardly aware of this phenomenonourselves, I wrote two years ago at the back cover of the book and it still counts.
Read more H E R E

Jos Sluijsmans - Fietsdiensten.nl

Friday, March 6, 2015

Urban Arrow is sponsor of the ICBF2015

We are happy and proud that Urban Arrow, the manufacturer of beautiful cargo bikes is sponsor of the International Cargo Bike Festival 2015.
Urban Arrow XXL
Urban Arrow Family
Urban Arrow Business


Two Urban Arrows + Busybike Bicycle Trailer



Thursday, February 26, 2015

The "Dieromdom"

Happy to announce that the "Dieromdom" a lovely cargo bike carrousel for children, will be participating at the International Cargo Bike Festival on Sunday 19 April 2015 at "Cultuurspinnerij de Vasim" in Nijmegen.
Photo by Gerard Verschooten
Check out the video of the "Dieromdom"

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Cargo Bike for Wedding and Funeral

The Koning family is an average family consisting of father Wim, mother Gerda, the twins: Roel en Koen, and the youngest: Luuk. They live in Westerlee in Groningen.

They are quite crazy about cargo bikes and they visited the cargo Bike Fair in Nijmegen in 2014 with their vacation bike and streetcleanerbike.

This year they will be at the International Cargo Bike Fair again on 19 April 2015 and they will present the Wedding bike and the Funeral bike.



Wim Koning has a website about his adventures with the cargo bikes.

The cargo bikes are also for rent. 
You can call Wim Koning: 06 25262586 or Mail: wim.koning@hetnet.nl

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Custom Cargo Bike

Now, this is quite an awesome cargo bike; custom made in my home town Nijmegen by Drifter Trailers and I didn't know about it up untill now.