cargo bike

English

Cargo bike

Noun

cargo bike (plural cargo bikes)

1. A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.

   Synonyms: cargo bicycle, freight bicycle, bakfiets

   Hyponym: bakfiets

   • 2022, Amelia Hill, “Cargo without carbon: the rise and rise of e-bike deliveries”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Demand for electric cargo bike couriers has boomed since first lockdown, bringing the hope of cleaner, quieter, safer streets.

   • 2022 July 24, Katie Plant and Gesa Praetorius, Human Factors in Transportation, AHFE International, →ISBN, page 568:

     It develops a use case in which an electrified three-wheeled cargo bike will become an on-demand, shared autonomous vehicle for the city.

Translations

bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads

• Danish: christianiacykel c, ladcykel c
• Dutch: transportfiets (nl) f, bakfiets (nl) f
• Finnish: lastipyörä, rahtipyörä, tavarapyörä, kuljetuspyörä, taakkapyörä, kuormapyörä, laatikkopyörä, lavapyörä
• French: vélo cargo (fr) m, vélo de fret m
• German: Lastenrad n
• Russian: грузово́й велосипе́д m (gruzovój velosipéd)
• Spanish: bicicleta de reparto f
• Ukrainian: ванта́жний велосипе́д m (vantážnyj velosypéd)