International Cargo Bike Festival

📸 Pictured, some of the inspiring female designers, founders, CEOs, engineers, adventurers, artists, changemakers and innovators who attended ICBF 2025.

Photos: Sanne Paul

And today, a special shout out to those women in the cargo bike industry (still a minority, don't forget) who continue to shift gears and break barriers 💪

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain

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⏩ Fast-forward to 2026 and the cargo bike remains one of the most effective tools we can use as we strive towards an inclusive future. One in which gender equity and women's empowerment are something we can finally take for granted.

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She added:

"𝙸𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕…𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎, 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍.”

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“𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚒𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.”

Some quotes, like this one from American social reformer and women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony from 1896, echo through the ages.

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Kleuster - International Cargo Bike Festival Kleuster designs and distributes utility cargo bikes dedicated to professionals, [...]

ℹ️👀 ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibitor/kl...

Exhibit at ICBF 2026! Join Kleuster and take your place among the brightest + best from the cargo bike industry.

Early-bird pricing ends 15th March ➔ our DM's are open 😉

Or click the 'Exhibit' link ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝟷𝟾% 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍? 𝙽𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 💪

Kleuster's utility cargo trikes are dedicated to professionals; take a test ride at ICBF 2026!

Co-developed with Renault, the range combines performance + reliability: up to 300kg payload + 80km range 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣 18% 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥.

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Exhibit - International Cargo Bike Festival Exhibit at ICBF 2026 CARGO BIKE FUTURES... The International Cargo Bike Festival (ICBF) is the original annual cargo bike event. Where the cargo bike world comes together to showcase its vision...

Meet a wide range of professionals and make impactful connections; from cargo bike dealers, fleet managers and OEMs to designers, policymakers and more.

✅ Ready to claim your spot? Get in touch ➔ info@cargobikefestival.com

𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳
📅 12-13 Oct
📍 Utrecht
🤝 B2B Focus

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

⏰🐣 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢-𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗!

Take your place: exhibit alongside the brightest and best from the cargo bike industry. Don't miss out: register before 15th March to secure the best price: 20% off floorspace.

ℹ️ Need more info? ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/

Cargo bike parked on the sidewalk

Selfie with the bike on a multiuse path

Guys, I bought a truck.

(that's actually a bike)

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽?

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Carrier Issue 01 - International Cargo Bike Festival Carrier Issue 01 Read Issue 01 of Carrier Magazine in full here. For the best reading experience, click to expand into Full Screen mode. Alternatively, click here to read Carrier Issue 01 direct...

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲?

➔ Read Yuliya Belinskaya's article 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵'𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 from 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 01 (p52) ➔ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/issu...

➔ Watch Karina Agakhanova's ICBF 2023 presentation 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳: 𝘢 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 ➔ youtu.be/bLX7cg7ECsI

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Karina, Oleksii, Yuliya and Mishael; you have our unwavering solidarity. We look forward to the day when your cargo bikes are no longer symbols of perseverance, but of a Ukraine being rebuilt in freedom and peace. We're sure you will be at the forefront of those pedal-powered efforts.

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🇺🇦 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜...

Let that sink in. Four years of air-raids, sirens, blackouts and terror. Today our thoughts are with our Kyiv-based friends at CargoCult & Mishael in Kherson. Their strength in the face of such an ordeal – which they didn't ask for – reminds us what true resilience looks like.

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Originally published in De Groene Amsterdammer. Translated + published in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 with their kind permission.

Words: Bram Kalkman
Photos: Merlin Daleman
Editor/Translation: Tom Parr
Creative: Cyril Chermin
Design: Aaron Griffiths
Copy Editor: @cathytuttle.bsky.social

Carrier Issue 03: out Oct 2026

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Anthropologist Bram Kalkman spent over two years working as a bike courier in Utrecht. Like him, almost all his colleagues were highly educated. What drives them to plough on in all weathers for relatively modest wages? And what does that say about the meaning of work today?

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𝙾𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔, 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚅

"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴-𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺?"

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💡 Want to see more cargo bike innovation? There's only one place you need to be: join us at ICBF 2026: 12-13 Oct, Utrecht.

🔏 Exhibitors: secure your spot at early-bird rates ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/

🤔 Find out more about FOLD ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibitor/fo...

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

🏆 𝙵𝙾𝙻𝙳: 𝙶𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛!

Congrats to ICBF 2025 exhibitor FOLD, who have won a German Design Award!

The Jury's statement was glowing: "𝘈 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘖𝘓𝘋 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺."

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LUXMEA - International Cargo Bike Festival Since 2008, LUXMEA has driven innovation in Europe’s e-bike sector, with over 15 years of experience in R&D and manufacturing. We pioneered the world’s first in-tube battery e-bike and helped shape th...

👀 Check out LUXMEA ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibitor/lu...

🔓 Secure your spot at ICBF 2026 ➔ cargobikefestival.com/exhibit/

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

As a dedicated ODM/OEM partner, LUXMEA collaborate with brands, combining strong identities with solid market presence. From tailored product development + technology integration to agile production and end-to-end support, LUXMEA co-create iconic e-mobility solutions that accelerate your growth.

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"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢, 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜"

That's what LUXMEA had to say about ICBF 2025; we couldn't agree more! And great news: they'll be joining us again in Utrecht this coming October for ICBF 2026.

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𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦 𝘉𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦

Interview and Creative Direction: Cyril Chermin
Photos and Adventuring: Faiz Anhar
Editor: Tom Parr @pomtarr.bsky.social
Design: Aaron Griffiths
Copy Editor: Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social
Bike: Omnium

Carrier Issue 03: out Oct 2026.

#DecadeoftheCargoBike

In 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦 𝘉𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦, Faiz Anhar goes beyond the comfort zone, navigating Mongolia’s wilderness – and hospitality – by cargo bike. Available in print now at stockists and from our webshop:

➔ cargobikefestival.com/carrier/stoc...
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🇲🇳 "𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞"

That time Faiz Anhar went cargo bikepacking in Mongolia. Solo. For his 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 bikepacking trip 🤯

"𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝."

Read all about it in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 Issue 02.

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Curious to hear what you could achieve at ICBF 2026? Get in touch. Sign up to exhibit before 15th March to take advantage of early-bird pricing, with 20% off floorspace.

📸  by Sanne Paul. A CIXI powered GoLo quad at the ICBF.

With a exhibitor satisfaction at 7.7 out of 10, professional focus, and ultra-accessible location, there's no better, more cost-effective way to put International Cargo Bike Festival in the spotlights – and get meetings with all the right contacts.

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From cargo bike dealers to fleet and logistics managers, and everyone in-between, join the crème de la crème of the cargo bike world in Utrecht this October.

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"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆"
– Momentum Mag

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