Literally everyone agrees that cargo bikes are awesome. Doesn’t matter if you’re moving dumbbells, serving slushies, transporting your kids, or doing landscaping for the city. Doesn’t matter if it’s a long-tail or a boxbike (bakfiets), a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler.

But there are barriers to getting one. They’re expensive, ranging from 2 to $15,000. That’s still cheap compared to a car, especially because you don’t need gas, but it’s a sticker shock coming from a regular bike or a transit pass. They can also be big and difficult to store. No one’s putting a bakfiets on their balcony (I hope). And naturally you’re going to worry more about theft.

One solution to the cargo bike problem is getting creative about rental and sharing options. These are popping up in different cities: there’s Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library, CargoB in Boston, and of course equivalents in European cities like London and Berlin. In this video I’m going to explore not one, not two, but three options for renting cargo bikes or bike trailers that we have in Montreal to see how they work, what they do, and whether they can replace buying your own.

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