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When we were moving back to Canada, we knew we'd need a car, but we couldn't afford one after the move. Thankfully, we found an electric bakfiets, and not only did it take the place of a car, it also saved us thousands of dollars in the process.

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Thanks to Modacity for the photo used in the thumbnail:   / modacitylife  

Thanks to @Propelbikes for providing some of the footage used in this video. If you'd like to purchase an electric bike or bakfiets in New York or LA, check them out:
https://propelbikes.com/
   / propelbikesusa  

Thanks also to nrbi who provided footage of a cargo bakfiets in action in Toronto:
https://www.nrbi.co/

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NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):
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References & further reading:

Short history of the cargo bike
The cargo bike: Undervalued allrounder with promising future
https://cargobikefestival.com/news/sh...

Belading DC_2 per bakfiets. Vliegtuig PH_AKJ Jan van Gent, op Schiphol, onteigend door Duitsers mei 1940
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Een bakfiets van warenhuis Metz & Co., Keizersgracht 455, in een rijwielstalling.
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Bakfiets met kinderzitjes
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Een bakfiets van A.P. de Zwart Czn., Stadhouderskade 61.
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Met Floriadepark; Europaboulevard
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Linksvoor Nieuwe Achtergracht 2931 en daarachter de voormalige brood en meelfabriek Nieuwe Prinsengracht 5557
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Op de voorgrond de Nieuwe Prinsengracht, gezien vanaf het dak van gebouw Ceres.
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

De toegang aan de zuidzijde van de Coentunnel.
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

Overzicht straat Frederik Hendrikstraat
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/d...

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Kinder und WarentransportPedelec, von Urban Arrow, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main (modified)
By Bigral Own work, CC BYSA 4.0,
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Waste receptacles or dumpsters bearing the “BFI Canada” logo (a division of IESIBFC Ltd.) Photo taken at Calgary, Alberta, Canada (modified)
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:48 The Bakfiets
1:31 Mikey likes it!
2:18 The history of the cargo bike
2:55 The modern electric bakfiets
3:40 The bakfietsmoeder
4:13 Bakfiets as a second car
4:48 The money talk
6:14 Nebula ad
6:27 The stuff we hauled
7:10 Commercial bakfietsen
7:57 The twitters
8:49 But the streets aren't safe
10:00 Bakfietsmoeders of the world ... UNITE!
10:35 Patreon shoutout

#bakfiets #cargobikes #carryshitolympics