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International Cargo Bike Festival
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/// 📅 13-14 Oct 2025
/// 💡 ICBF: the original annual cargo bike event
/// 📖 Carrier Magazine
/// ⚡️ Year-round inspiration and knowledge-sharing #DecadeoftheCargoBike
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🚲🌍🌎🌏🥳 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
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#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
✨ 🅣🅗🅘🅢 🅦🅐🅢 🅓🅐🅨 🅞🅝🅔

Thanks to all of the amazing exhibitors, speakers and visitors who've made this first day of the International Cargo Bike Festival one of fantastic connections and inspiration!

See you all again on Day 2!

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October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ICBF 2025 is.... OPEN!

Check out the programme ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/programme/

#DecadeoftheCargoBike
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
👕📚 𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗙 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵!

We're selling 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Magazine, ICBF Logo T-shirts and a couple of other interesting bits and bobs at ICBF 2025. Come over to stand 1.16, take a look and support our work!

(Yes, yes. We know. We need to work on our modelling skills.)
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM