Fact: cargo bikes are cool. Fact: cargo bikes are a great way to go cycling with little kids. Fact: We’ve just uncovered the prettiest cargo bikes ever.
We have quite a number of readers who are cargo bike-devotees – it’s certainly a nifty way to get about if you have little kids on board.
Babboe, based in the UK, have cargo bikes that can be customised with your own design (or you can choose one of their stunning patterns). The designs are essentially UV and weather resistant decals applied to the wooden cargo carrier box. I love the bright green floral and the red and white gingham, but my favourite is the thoroughly-Dutch Delft blue design (above).
To deck out your cargo bike in complete style and comfort, Babboe also offer lots of cargo bike accessories including baby and toddler seats, colour co-ordinated seat cushions, bike bags and more.
Now I know many of our readers are already picking patterns but unfortunately Babboe only ship within the United Kingdom. Whilst a £1249 cargo bike might be a big ask for a freight forwarder, the gorgeous bike bags and cushions may be manageable!
For cargo bikes closer to home, check out our previous posts including the Trio, the Dutch Cargo Bike and the Taga.
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Gorgeous! Quite co-incidental, we have a blog post on queue about Cargo bikes over at The Pramologist, but I hadn’t come across these ones. Perhaps I’ll have to go edit it and send a link over here to show of these beauties.
I’m also a fan of the Australian CargoCycles who are worth a look at. I think it is perfectly acceptable to want one of everything though!
Love those bikes! I nannied in Amsterdam for some time & loved seeing mums ride by on their Bakfiets (box bike) – filled with flowers, smiling faces, groceries, you name it! I’ve seen one brave mum with bub whizzing around the eastern suburbs on one & it’s inspiring!
I have a similar looking bike called a Christiania – sold at ps bikes in Melbourne and they deliver all over Australia. The owner of the business is great, if you are interested in testing a bike he drops one off to your home for a week free of charge! This bike has completely changed our lives. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough. I wasn’t a bike rider before getting one and I jumped on it straight away and took off – they are incredibly easy to ride and so stable being a 3 wheeler. Definately the best baby product I’ve purchased.
I love the delft blue one too Katrina! This is an improved version of the the Dutch bakfiets. Love it but I guess you’d have to be pretty fit to be peddling one of those with cargo around hilly Sydney ;-)
Dear people,
We saw this beautiful post about our cargo bikes and want to tell everybody that we’re busy finding a dealer in Australia! In the meantime, it’s possible to ship our cargo bike to Australia! If you would like this, please send an email to our Customer Service department: info[at]babboe[dot]nl!
Kind regards,
The Babboe Team!
Hello i’m Peter from psbikes who sell the Christiania cargobikes in Australia, we customise a lot of bikes to fit any wish for design you have, so if interested please contact us and I’ll show what we have done so far…
Thank you