I recently attended the International Cargo Bike festival in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It is striking how much the technology has moved on in the last 12 months. There was a whole host of cycle powered and vehicles present and I had the opportunity to ride several new vehicles which are either in prototype or […]
It is clear that commercial users of cargo bikes have a huge variety of differing requirements. To some extent this might be determined by the bikes that they have within their fleet, but to a greater extent I suspect that they have tended towards bikes which fit the work in which they are engaged. Any […]
Recently, Last Mile Leeds has been taking on a new revenue stream, with bulk distribution of magazines across the city centre. We were first approached by ‘The Professional’ magazine to distribute their inaugural issue to every office premises we could find! Over the space of four days we delivered 60 boxes of magazines (totalling about […]
I drove to London this week to collect two new additions to our fleet of cargobikes. We haven’t taken our own pictures yet, but you can see that these Bella Bikes have a huge cargo box and possibly the most unusual steering mechanism seen on a cargobike. The rear wheel steering creates an incredibly manoeuverable […]
Cycles Maximus have just revealed the first pictures of their new prototype. Having chatted to them about their new offering I understand that the designer of the original Maximus is behind this latest version, but there has been a significant departure from traditional designs with integration of a space frame. This suggests a complete rethink […]
On 14th July 2012, Last Mile Leeds attended the inaugural meeting of the European Cyclelogistics Federation. Their website describes the federation thus: The European Cycle Logistics Federation is a professional body which represents and supports the needs of cycle logistics companies across Europe. The Federation is a membership organisation for: Established cycle logistics businesses (eg. delivery […]
What do Bristol, Göteborg, Ljubljana, Ravenna and Riga all have in common? They were the five European cities involved in the START (Short Term Actions to Reorganize Transport of goods) project which ran from 2006-2009. From their site: Acknowledging that the current system of goods distribution is rich in emissions and not necessarily energy efficient, […]
Here is an interesting review of the Bullitt having been used for the heavy lifting of commercial cycle courier work, for 3 years. It does suggest that Last Mile Leeds has bought the right bike for the job, though may need to address the design of our cargo boxes sooner rather than later. Look out […]
The European Cycling Federation has just published this article on their site. Maybe we are starting our business at just the right time…
Next week we will take delivery of three Bullitt bikes. We have bought these from previous service selling ice creams at the Olympic venues. So Last Mile Leeds will be starting operations very soon. Watch this space.
