Posts Tagged ‘Bakfiets’

Very shortly after I started this site, I got my first cargo bike, an Xtracycle Free Radical. At the time, we had a trailer for our kids that they were out growing, and the kit which converts most bikes to long tails with room for 1 adult or 2-3 kids seemed like a good idea. [...]

2nd Dutch Bike Demo Day this Thursday The Austin on Two Wheels Urban Living Ride series is in full swing this weekend with two rides on tap: Cupcake Ride and Eastside Home Tour. We’ll also be holding our second Gazelle Dutch bike demo day this Thursday from 4- 7 pm at Austin Java at City [...]

UPDATE: I received a message from BoxCycles that the lighting issue I mentioned in this review is being addressed in the next shipment to the U.S. Look for better mounting options and possibly a dynamo. My experience: BoxCycles arranged for me to borrow a model of the Christiania Cargo Bike from AustinBikes for a long [...]

Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Christiania Bikes by Boxcycles. As regular readers of our site know, we are big fans of cargo bikes and are thrilled to see another option come to the U.S. market and to Austin at AustinBikes. We currently have a Christiania box bike in [...]

It has been observed that if we really want to accelerate transportation cycling into mainstream culture, a focus on the needs of women is needed. Cycling in America is male dominated with a report 2:1 or more ratio of men to women choosing two wheels. In addition to expanding the pie, women have a larger [...]

Cargo bikes have been making real in-roads in the last few years. Bike companies as varied as Trek, Kona, and Yuba have taken the long tail design made successful by Xtracycle and developed their own versions of go anywhere cargo bikes. Madsen has gone the route of combining the useful and child friendly box design [...]

A couple years ago, I did a head-to-head comparison in cargo bike design between the long tail design made popular with the Xtracycle and the Bakfiets, the traditional box bike of Amsterdam and Copenhagen. At the time, I gave the Xtracycle the edge in its balance of day to day utility with generally fun ride. [...]

As part of the Discover the City on Two Wheels Spring Urban Living Rides we’re doing, we are going to offer folks a chance to test ride some cool bikes like the bakfiets, the Dutch cargo box bike ubiquitous in Amsterdam and Copenhagen as the cyclists version of the SUV. Local developers at Constructive Ventures [...]

Yesterday, NPR ran a story on cargo bikes as a new market in the U.S. They brought up the concept of these bikes a green replacement for the minivan and their practicality among business users looking to reduce fleet fuel costs. The report included interviews with Bakfiets supplier Clever Cycles in Portland as well as [...]

I love to race as much of the next guy, but when you are a grown man racing for the ultimate prize, you have to remember not to take yourself too seriously. Cyclocross has been the great levelizer on this, but unfortunately it appears some are starting to ruin the sport with their Type-A personalities. [...]