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/// 📅 13-14 Oct 2025
/// 💡 ICBF: the original annual cargo bike event
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🚲 𝟱.𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 parcels were delivered in 2024 in Belgium, compared to 3 million in 2023.
🚲 The cycle logistics sector supports 𝟲,𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 (excluding the platform economy).
🚲 Belgian cycle logistics operators rode 𝟭𝟬.𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗺 in 2024, a +30% rise vs. 2023.

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December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
💥🚲🇧🇪 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺: +𝟳𝟬% 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

That's according to record-breaking new figures published today by the Belgian Cycle Logistics Federation (BCLF). Unveiled at an event in Brussels this morning, the BCLF-comissioned, 71-page 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 report says 👇
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚲 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝙹𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎

Jemma lives with her family in a village about 14 miles (22km) from Stirling, Scotland. But that doesn't stop her choosing the cargo bike for many of her trips.

"𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒔, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚?"
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚲🌍🌎🌏🥳 Happy World Sustainable Transport Day everyone!

💪🌱 Here's your semi-regular reminder that the cargo bike is a scalable, ready-to-roll solution that reduces emissions, improves air quality and acts as a social leveller while contributing to 13 #SDGs.

📸 CargoCult, Kyiv 🇺🇦

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
To read the full story, order 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 magazine in print ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

Preview the article online ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-h...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike #moin #PrintIsNotDead

📸 Cyril Chermin
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Their motivation? A desire for a cargo bike that fit into their lives, literally. "To ride it ourselves!"

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Read the full story 'Hamburg – cargo bike city?', a deep-dive highlighting the thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem, in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🧬 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚈𝙾𝙾𝙽𝙸𝚃’𝚜 𝙳𝙽𝙰"

YOONIT was set up pre-corona by four Hamburg-based co-founders. In 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02 we interviewed Pia Cohrs and Sebastian Adler. What sets them apart? "We are not from the bike industry," — their perspectives came from creative + design fields.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
💡 "𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎"

Hamburg-based cargo bike designer Sahabi Arouna refused to compromise. His challenge: full function AND easy storage.

His solution? The FOLD rides like a normal cargo bike.

“𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩.”

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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝?

NÜWIEL Founder & CEO Natalia Tomiyama had (a few times) – and turned a personal experience into an innovative product.

The solution? The eTrailer: weightless behind your bike. And proprietary sensor tech = effortless hauling; even when walking.

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November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The story of XYZ CARGO is as unconventional as their sturdy, utilitarian designs, with roots in art and the city's alternative scene.

From 'Hamburg – cargo bike city', a deep-dive from 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02 highlighting the thinkers and doers from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.

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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Order 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 magazine in print ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

Preview the article online ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-h...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike #moin #PrintIsNotDead

📸 Cyril Chermin
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"𝙊𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙯 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜’𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨"

From 'Hamburg – cargo bike city', a deep-dive in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 02 highlighting Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲?

In 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02, we took a deep-dive to try and answer this question. Follow along this week as, one by one, we highlight thinkers and doers featured in the article from Hamburg's cargo bike ecosystem.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛: 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚁𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚜 + 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠.

𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 is an internationally-focused magazine featuring human-centred stories of people who ride cargo bikes. Published independently by the International Cargo Bike Festival.

Find a stockist ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc...
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
⏱️🗣️🚲 "One of the biggest challenges is reducing the Total Cost of Ownership of cargo bikes – and this is where we add value"

We held a series of 2-minute pitches at ICBF 2025 – here's what happened when Ilse Michiels of PENDLR took to the stage 🎥➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8cZ...

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November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Read the inside story through the eyes of Pablo Alcañiz, who was on the ground at the heart of the response, in this excerpt from 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02 ➡️ cargobikefest.hflip.co/carrier-02-v...

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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅"

It's a year since devastating flash floods hit Valencia. Community responders on cargo bikes stepped in to deliver aid, challenging conventional notions of urban mobility in the process.

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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩: 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚"

Building bikes that allow anyone to ride is a noble aim, and a challenge. At ICBF 2025, Jolien Heeman, Head of Product at Dutch adaptive bike manufacturer Van Raam, discusses the design process when your goal is inclusivity.

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October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🇪🇺 🚲 "𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚"

That's the mission of the European Cyclists' Federation: @ecf.com. That organisation's President, Henk Swarttouw, opened the Dutch Mobility Summit by telling the International Cargo Bike Festival audience all about European Declaration on Cycling 👇
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
👀 Full story ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/news/from-ni...

ᝰ🖼️ ICBF 2025 Recap Gallery ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/features/gal...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

📸 Sanne Paul
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚲📦 𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 – 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙐𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚

💡💭 Exhibitors, speakers and visitors from across the world came to share knowledge, showcase designs and tackle pressing questions about the sector’s growth.

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October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🎂 🥳 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱!

Established on 18th Oct 1975, @fietsersbond.nl is arguably the most impactful cycling advocacy organisation ever. It's fair to say that Dutch cities would look very different today without their efforts. Here's to the next 50 years!

📸 Petterick Wiggers
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
...𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐁𝐅 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫...

A big, big thank you to everyone who made this such a special edition of @cargobikefest.bsky.social. You know who you are.

Many connections were made this year. Let's go out there + make them count!

See you all next year.

#MicDrop
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
𝕆𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨...

Arieke van Liere moderates the afternoon programme (here she is repping Carrier magazine, available at the merch stand!). With LEVA-EU, Cargo Cycling, Zukunft Fahrrad, Fulpra, Stroom and the two-minute pitch session.

Details here ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/programme/#t...
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🙌 DAY 2 AT ICBF 2025 – LET'S GO!

Our doors are open. Come and meet the crème de la crème of the cargo bike industry.

Programme ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/programme/
Tickets & Visit info ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/your-visit/
Exhibitor List ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/exhibitors/

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM