The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: 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: only US$ for the first year Thanks to Modacity for the photo used in the thumbnail: 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: Thanks also to nrbi who provided footage of a cargo bakfiets in action in Toronto: Patreon: Twitter: Reddit: NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): --- References & further reading: Short history of the cargo bike The cargo bike: Undervalued all-rounder with promising future Belading DC_2 per bakfiets. Vliegtuig PH_AKJ Jan van Gent, op Schiphol, onteigend door Duitsers mei 1940 Een bakfiets van warenhuis Metz & Co., Keizersgracht 455, in een rijwielstalling. Bakfiets met kinderzitjes Een bakfiets van A.P. de Zwart Czn., Stadhouderskade 61. Met Floriadepark; Europaboulevard Linksvoor Nieuwe Achtergracht 29-31 en daarachter de voormalige brood- en meelfabriek Nieuwe Prinsengracht 55-57 Op de voorgrond de Nieuwe Prinsengracht, gezien vanaf het dak van gebouw Ceres. De toegang aan de zuidzijde van de Coentunnel. Overzicht straat - Frederik Hendrikstraat Welcome to AutoShare What is 5-Year Cost to Own? Kelley Blue Book What Is the Total Cost of Owning a Car? Kinder- und Warentransport-Pedelec, von Urban Arrow, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main (modified) By Bigral - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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, -- 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