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/// 💡 ICBF: the original annual cargo bike event
/// 📅 12-13 Oct 2026
/// 📖 Carrier Magazine
/// ⚡️ Year-round inspiration and knowledge-sharing #DecadeoftheCargoBike
/// 📡 On Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, Facebook and YouTube as @cargobikefest
"𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒌𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆"

Are e-cargo trailers a game changer for urban logistics? Natalia Tomiyama, Founder and CEO of NÜWIEL, argues that they are.

Find out why ➔ www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgb...
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
🇫🇷🚲📦 🅒🅨🅒🅛🅞🅛🅞🅖🅘🅢🅣🅘🅠🅤🅔

The French term for cycle logistics was just voted word of the year by the Commission for the Enrichment of the French Language! Cargo bikes and cycle logistics are becoming mainstream in France, and this is just another sign of that trend.

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January 30, 2026 at 9:09 AM
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙲𝙱𝙵. 𝙹𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚄𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛.

With an exhibitor satisfaction at 7.7 / 10, central Utrecht location and professional focus, the ICBF is set up to make impact.

ⓘ  𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
🍽️🚲 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 - 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 - 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢’𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜

In the sprawling urban landscape of Austin, Texas, a dedicated team of volunteers, Austin Bicycle Meals, are using cargo bikes to navigate – and make a difference in – the city's less visible spaces.

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January 25, 2026 at 11:41 AM
𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗?

A new study, "Miles with Smiles", investigates how e-cargo bikes impact domestic travel behaviour.

"𝘌-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦."

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January 23, 2026 at 11:07 AM
👐 𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝙲𝙱𝙵 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼!

Put your organisation in the spotlight. Register before 15th March to get 20% off floorspace.

📅 12-13 Oct 2026
📍 Utrecht

ⓘ More info? Grab your Exhibitor Pack ➔ cargobikefestival.com/wp-content/u...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Reposted by International Cargo Bike Festival
Markus Stitz wrote & photographed a stunning story about his 677km (420 mi) bike ride across Norway in mid-winter. Includes my favorite photo in the entire issue.

More inspiring stories on the power of cargo bikes available here: cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

@cargobikefest.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🇳🇴🚵❄️ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗

In January 2025, explorer Markus Stitz embarked on an eight-day e-cargo bike adventure, cycling 677 km in winter conditions in the mountains of Norway on a Tern Orox S12 longtail adventure cargo bike.

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January 18, 2026 at 9:53 AM
𝙶𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚝

These days, compact, dynamic and focused events are where you can efficiently gain the best insights, connect with the right people and do business.

That's what we're all about. Being the cargo bike industry's most prominent meeting place.

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January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🇿🇦 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖? 𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚜.

"𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮?"

🎬➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FiE...

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January 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
♻️ 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛: 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘...

The '𝘡𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘧𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘬' (Litter Factory) is a GoLo.bike with a removable back-end unit equipped with plastic shredders, an extruder to make filament and a Dutchy 3D printer. Two fold-out solar panels for the e-bike batteries, filament maker + 3D printer.

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January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
2025 👈👀👉 2026 ⏩⏩⏩ 2035

𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻, 𝚠𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍....

Not only into 2026 (although we've got some fun plans we'll share with you soon enough), but also further ahead, into the 2030s and beyond.

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December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🇳🇱🎉 𝙸𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻, 𝙰𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝟽𝟻𝟶𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢

Congrats to one of the most cargo bike-friendly cities in history! And although we can be sure there weren't any cargo bikes in Amsterdam in 1275, we DO know there were a lot in 1975.

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December 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by International Cargo Bike Festival
2025 was the mid-point of the Decade of the Cargo Bike
That's @tigard-stripes.bsky.social in the photo below

My @cargobikefest.bsky.social talk highlights other PDX cargo bike champions such as @contraireclaire.bsky.social @robgalanakis.bsky.social @jonathanmaus.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social
🇺🇸🦄 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙'𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙙, 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.

"People are so optimistic – they get on their cargo bikes and find a way to make the city work for them".

At ICBF 2024, Cathy Tuttle took us inside a city whose streets aren't designed with bikes in mind.

Full vid ➡️ youtu.be/vjYqojwNvrw
December 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮: meet Verral Paul-Walcott, founder of London-based community support group @c86erz

In the face of sharp rises in rough-sleeping on London's streets, C86erz is stepping in to help bridge the gap with pedal power. Volunteers on bikes hand out essential items

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December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁 • 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 • 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄

Save the dates: ICBF returns to Utrecht on 12-13 Oct 2026!

📈 With an exhibitor satisfaction score of 7.7 out of 10 in 2025, we're creating an event in 2026 where exhibitors and visitors alike can 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
𝚄𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝-𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛!"

ICBF host-city Utrecht was recently named the most bike-friendly city in the world. But Utrecht isn't leaving it there; a new policy coming into effect on May 1st 2026 will restrict access for trucks and vans to the city's historic centre.

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December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
💪⚙️🤝 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙵𝚞𝚕𝚙𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚎-𝚇𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗

Built in-house, Fulpra's e-XACT intelligent drive system is the beating heart of their Triple and Quatro models. Engineering that delivers powerful torque, seamless acceleration, and reliability under heavy load – every single day.

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December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🇧🇪⚰️🚲🌱"𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐"

Belgian funeral directors Thibaut DELA have rolled out a new cargo bike for more sustainable funerals.

"𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘦-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴." -Stad Mechelen

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December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reposted by International Cargo Bike Festival
Volunteers and cargo trikes from @portyenergy.bsky.social's bike library out delivering some @bethanychristiantrust.com Caring Christmas Trees in Porty yesterday
#treebybike
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by International Cargo Bike Festival
this is the way
🚲 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 1:41 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