The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)

submitted by Huzzaz on 08/09/22 1

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. Watch my videos first (and without ads) on Nebula, which you can get free by signing up to Curiosity Stream: curiositystream.com/notjustbikes only US$14.79 for the first year Thanks to Modacity for the photo used in the thumbnail: mobile.twitter.com/modacitylife Thanks to @Propel 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: propelbikes.com/ www.youtube.com/c/PropelbikesUSA Thanks also to nrbi who provided footage of a cargo bakfiets in action in Toronto: www.nrbi.co/ Patreon: patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- References & further reading: Short history of the cargo bike The cargo bike: Undervalued all-rounder with promising future cargobikefestival.com/news/short-history-of-the-cargo-bike/ Belading DC_2 per bakfiets. Vliegtuig PH_AKJ Jan van Gent, op Schiphol, onteigend door Duitsers mei 1940 archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/6a3739b7-e3d3-5b2c-f371-4c5fa853be01 Een bakfiets van warenhuis Metz & Co., Keizersgracht 455, in een rijwielstalling. archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/588fd902-ac8a-751f-7da7-a085c1680680 Bakfiets met kinderzitjes archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/030f7d29-60d9-e479-aa2b-93f68c5a984b Een bakfiets van A.P. de Zwart Czn., Stadhouderskade 61. archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/c282f197-ead9-6985-2862-1f8f41a950c8 Met Floriadepark; Europaboulevard archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/bb1d62c6-0ae7-7df8-6b10-6ee331d025d1 Linksvoor Nieuwe Achtergracht 29-31 en daarachter de voormalige brood- en meelfabriek Nieuwe Prinsengracht 55-57 archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/446e4ba1-9948-fa11-2412-0a6e7e098f4c Op de voorgrond de Nieuwe Prinsengracht, gezien vanaf het dak van gebouw Ceres. archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/8fbdb1de-692b-5edd-3608-5e2770336eef De toegang aan de zuidzijde van de Coentunnel. archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/32f5399d-470d-8272-3d8c-cfb7cfb30ff9 Overzicht straat - Frederik Hendrikstraat archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/06cfe161-3756-c315-dc8d-9febcae1baf9 Welcome to AutoShare www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AeNVjHqBA What is 5-Year Cost to Own? Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com/new-cars/total-cost-of-ownership/ What Is the Total Cost of Owning a Car? www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/total-cost-owning-car Kinder- und Warentransport-Pedelec, von Urban Arrow, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main (modified) By Bigral - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78965978 Waste receptacles or dumpsters bearing the “BFI Canada” logo (a division of IESI-BFC Ltd.) Photo taken at Calgary, Alberta, Canada (modified) By User:Seerig - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11200442 -- 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 Curiosity Stream & 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 shout-out #bakfiets #cargobikes #carryshitolympics

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