International Cargo Bike Festival
/// 💡 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...
- 🇫🇷🚲📦 🅒🅨🅒🅛🅞🅛🅞🅖🅘🅢🅣🅘🅠🅤🅔 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. 👇
- 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 won a poll to elect the term of the year, in which voters chose between 10 words, pre-selected from the 243 added to the French language in 2025. 👀➔ www.culture.fr/franceterme/... 👇
- 30% of the vote went to what the commission called, "A transparent term, constructed with a prefix ("cyclo-") understandable to all, whose victory testifies to a shared desire to live in more sustainable cities!" 👇
- There are now countless French initiatives, manufacturers + companies associated with cycle logistics. Want to find out more about developments around 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 in France? Check out Les Boîtes à Vélo, the French cycle logistics federation ➔ lesboitesavelo.org #Cyclologistique
- 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/
- There's no better, more cost-effective way to put your organisation in the spotlights – and get meetings with the right contacts. Sign up to exhibit at ICBF 2026 before 15th March to take advantage of early-bird pricing, with 20% off floorspace. #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- 🍽️🚲 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. 👇
- “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯.” - Abi Robins Read Austin Bicycle Meals in Carrier Issue 02. Available in print now at stockists and online: 🛒 cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc... 📚 cargobikefestival.com/product/carr... 👇
- Words: Tom Parr Interviewees: Abi Robins, Kelly Wourms, Claire Harbutt Photos: Pierce Townsend & Momentum Bikes (with special thanks to JJ Lu) Creative Director: Cyril Chermin Design: Aaron Griffiths Copy Editor: Cathy Tuttle 👇
- Carrier Issue 03: out Oct 2026. #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- 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." 👇
- Based on trials with 49 UK households in Leeds, Oxford, and Brighton, researchers reached several key conclusions about how cargo bikes generate "new" travel and the psychological motivations behind – and benefits of – their use. ⓘ Read the full study ➔ doi.org/10.1016/j.tb... 👇
- Some of the findings at a glance: 🆕 "𝗡𝗲𝘄" 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 ➔ 10% of all recorded trips were "new" – meaning journeys that would otherwise not have happened. ➔ Of these new trips, over half (56%) were taken for fun rather than function. 👇
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View full thread👇 ➔ Negative connotations around the concept of induced-demand (when it comes to cars), can be flipped – and seen as a positive – when referring to cargo bikes. ⓘ Full study ➔ doi.org/10.1016/j.tb... Study: Labib Azzouz, Christian Brand, Noel Cass + Ian Philips 📸 Lovens #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- 👐 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
- 📸 Sahabi Arouna of FOLD pitches on-stage at ICBF 2025 with host Arieke van Liere. Photo by Sanne Paul. Watch Sahabi's pitch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVe2...
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- 🇳🇴🚵❄️ 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. 👇
- Riding through snowstorms and temperatures down to -16°C on four-inch studded tyres and with two powerful batteries, this was Markus’ first long-distance winter bikepacking adventure. How did rider and bike fare in extreme conditions? 👇
- Read The Best Season, by Markus Stitz, in Carrier Issue 02. Available now at stockists and online. Words: Markus Stitz Editor: Tom Parr Creative Director: Cyril Chermin Design: Aaron Griffiths Copy Editor: @cathytuttle.bsky.social cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc... 👇
- Carrier Issue 03: out Oct 2026. #DecadeoftheCargoBike
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- Wait, There’s Now a Cargo Bike That Can Fold Smaller Than a Regular Bike? momentummag.com/wait-theres-...
- 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. 👇
- We're now inviting exhibitors to join us at ICBF 2026. Details: 📅 12-13 October 📍Jaarbeurs, Utrecht 👔 Professional focus ℹ️➡️ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/ Register now: we've frozen prices on floorspace for the THIRD year in a row AND... early-bird prices apply now. #DecadeoftheCargoBike👇
- 🇿🇦 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... 👇
- At ICBF 2025, Bouwer van Niekerk explains how his company STROOM uses chaos theory and human-centric design to introduce electric vehicles (e.g. cargo bikes) into South Africa, where 11.8 million township residents have limited access to delivery services, many of whom don't have driving licences. 👇
- Meanwhile, there is a lack of infrastructure, traditional electric vehicles are too expensive and 62% of 15-24 year-olds are unemployed. 👇
- STROOM brings ecargo-bikes to communities. Their approach looks at this 'chaos' and identifies hidden systems of self-organisation, patterns and order. Seemingly unrelated elements which, when connected, can combine to form coherent platforms. #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- ♻️ 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. 👇
- This Litter Factory, will be used in the coming years to offer technical education at primary schools in Lelystad, the Netherlands. And because the unit can be removed within a minute, the GoLo can also be used as a platform for other tasks. ℹ️➡️ leva-eu.com/flevobikes-g... #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- 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. 👇
- It's important to keep sight of what you're striving for, so in this piece, Jos Sluijsmans shares his vision for how cycling, and cities, should look in the year 2035. "𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈 𝘵𝘰 𝘉, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦" 👇
- ℹ️ Read the full piece ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/features/cyc... Thanks for following along in 2025 - there's much more to come in 2026! #DecadeoftheCargoBike
- 🇳🇱🎉 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. 👇
- Check out these photos of the cargo trikes of Amsterdam, taken 50 years ago as the city celebrated its 700th anniversary. Some of the captions are... interesting – and we're glad to say that the predictions made then haven't come true in 2025: 👇
- "𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟸 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚓𝚔𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢." 👇
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View full thread"𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚗" The photos are from 700 centenboek, a book put together by Jos Houweling and published by the City of Amsterdam to commemorate Amsterdam's 700th anniversary #DecadeoftheCargoBike
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- 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 👇
- Beneath a chilly December evening sky, around 100 volunteers gather in London with a diverse variety of bikes, from cargo bikes to commuter bikes with racks. They are here to take part in the Unity Ride, organised by C86erz every Christmas. 👇
- The riders fan out across the capital in groups to hand out food, sleeping bags, warm clothes and toiletries. “That first ride with cargo bikes was a game changer in terms of the amount you could carry,” says Verral Paul-Walcott, adding “Before that, it was just backpacks.” 👇
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View full thread...and if you like what you see, consider buying a copy in print; it helps us tell more stories like this one. Find a stockist ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc... Buy Carrier online ➡️ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/issu... 📸 Sufyane Zarrouq, James Cleveland, Jay Stewart, Dan Candler
- 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.
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