Cargo bike culture starts early in Copenhagen. With 25% of families with two or more kids using a cargo bike to get around, it’s a part of life for children in so many ways to be well-acquainted with cargo bikes. The municipality of Copenhagen estimatest that there are around 30,000 cargo bikes in Copenhagen. Copenhagenize Consulting has reached a number of 40,000, based on sales numbers and including vintage cargo bikes, in Greater Copenhagen. That number, however, doesn’t count the armadas of mini cargo bikes found at schools and kindergartens and in the backyards of flats around the region. I’ve just moved to a new place and we found the cargo bike, above, in the backyard. For communal use. Lulu-Sophia has taken a liking to it and gravitates to it like magnet whenever we’re out playing.
This trike, with the back bucket, is a Danish classic. Winther Bikes have been making them for 50 years and they are rather iconic in this country. The bucket at the back serves a practical purpose, of course. Carrying stuff. Which is what cargo bikes are all about.
