Bringing form, function and cycling style to Australia and New Zealand.
There is no doubt that Australia and New Zealand have the best weather, the best cities, the best outdoor café and dining culture and the best people. The only thing that could make our beautiful cities even better is less cars and more bikes.
One of the great joys of a multi-cultural country is that we can take the very best from all over the world and make it our own. No one does every day cycling with more style, function and ease than the Dutch. So here are Dutch Cargo Bike we import and distribute the world’s most famous brands including Bakfiets, Bullitt, Workcycles and Azor. These are the bikes that just keep on going – year after year, every day, out in the snow, in the wind, in the rain, in winters far more awful than our own. Now we can have these lovely bikes in our lives too.
The archetypal Dutch Cargo Bike, the Bakfiets is perfect for appropriation into Australian culture. You would be forgiven for thinking we had developed it ourselves. The Bakfiet is the kangaroo with a joey in the pouch / ute hybrid. Like a ute you can chuck everything in and pile it up to the sky, and like a joey in the pouch you can also use it for your most precious cargo. (That’s the kiddies, not the case of beer…..or….um….whatever)
Whether it is the school run or the beer run…..the Bakfiet will get you there and back safely.
The Bullitt Cargo Bike is like the souped up sports version of the Dutch cargo bike. Lighter, faster, leaner, much more colourful…..the Bullitt turns the form and function factor up to 11. These are just seriously cool. Seriously.
Are you after something a little more conventional? The Workcycles Fr8 straight form Amsterdam delivers something for everyone. Stable, solid, and only a little unusual, made to last more than one lifetime and designed to carry just about anything anywhere – the Fr8 will get you, a couple of kids, their school bags, a couple of pizzas, 4 litres of milk, a very nice shiraz and the kitty litter all home safely.
And finally, we come to the lusciously beautiful, sturdy, gorgeous timeless curves or the Azor Oma. The Oma is the quintessential Dutch bike for every day. How can something so beautiful and graceful be so practical and sturdy? And my, how those gears shift like butter….. There is a reason that those outside Amsterdam who discover the Oma have whole websites, blogs and Facebook groups dedicated just to her. And now you can have one too.
So who is behind Dutch Cargo Bike?
Just like our best bikes, Emmy Heikamp was imported directly from the Netherlands. After deciding Melbourne was the perfect place on the planet to call home, Emmy could not live without the beautiful Cargo Bikes she grew up with in Holland. And the only thing nicer than a Dutch Cargo Bike in Australia was obviously to have LOTS OF THEM. So now, Emmy has dedicated her life to bringing Dutch cycling culture to Australia and New Zealand. Emmy and her team have selected the most popular and proven designs from the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA so that folks in Australia and New Zealand can get hold of the very best of practical, healthy, affordable cycling culture too.
‘Our Cargo Bikes are extremely well made, easy to ride, safe and practical.” says Emmy. ‘While we lived in Holland, it was very normal for most people to cycle most places. Bikes were just an everyday part of life. We used them to take children to school, travel to work, pick up the shopping, go out for dinner” I wanted to be able to recreate this part of my old life here in Australia. From the feedback we have received since setting up Dutch Cargo Bike, I think other Australians are keen to do the same.”
There are many reasons for buying a quality Dutch Cargo Bike – some might see it as a trend, or a movement, but really, it is just a great way to get around. A good dependable bike that is beautifully made, well designed and easy to maintain is a serious car replacement. And it is just good fun.
