“What is a bike with two child seats called?” You’ve either seen one zip by you or you have two kids and would like to bike more, right? Read on to find out what kind of bike you have seen or may need to help you with your lifestyle choices.
eCargo bikes are the way to go with kids, especially if you have any sort of hills where you live or if you need to ride in traffic at all. Here are my favourite electric cargo bikes that are designed for use with kids and are currently available in North America.
What do you think when someone says Dutch cargo bike? Often referred to by the Dutch word ‘bakfiets’, which translates to ‘box bike’, this style of cargo bike is what pops in to my mind (yet it originated in Denmark)!
The Babboe Carve Mountain is a tilting cargo trike with e-assist that can transport kids and/or massive amounts of stuff all over town. Sara Hastings-Simon writes a thorough review of the bike after owning it for a few months now and riding it under various conditions.
There is so much to sift through when looking to buy a cargo bike. All of the many ways to carry kids by bike was covered in our Cargo Bike Dictionary overview. One such way that is still quite an anomaly in North America is the bakfiets (plural, bakfietsen), a compound word that translates to “box bike” from Dutch. These boxes are usually located in the front of the bike found rider-side of the front wheel in the case of a “long John” (or two-wheeled style box bike) or sandwiched between the two front wheels in the case of a trike!
What is a bakfiets or long john cargo bike? Read on to find out what you need to know to get biking with your kids, including a table of current brands.
