What distiguishes an UpCycle bike from other cargo-bike manufacturers is the process behind each bike from the beginning. We primarily source our basic materials and components from found/donated steel frames and different kind of tubes and steel. The origins vary massively, but most of it comes from junkyards or left overs from industrial complexes. We have already used tables, car parts, skateboards and even shopping carts. With our current methods we manage to upcycle around 90% of each bike, primarily depending on how many upcycled bicycle components we use.

Coming from the climate justice movement and being tired of waiting on the government’s inaction we decided to take the necessary mobility transformation into our own hands and do our part. Cargo-bikes are a fundamental part in this mobility transformation, truly shining in urban spaces and offering a healthy, fun, and useful mode of transportation. However, we should all demand of ourselves to not stop at the first possible solution, but to continually push to be more sustainable, always thinking of the future. Our small contribution to these necessary changes is by both thinking of the future of transport and using the material left behind from our overconsumption, to not contribute further to the problem. By upcycling the immense amount of left over materials from our consumption society, we can turn forgotten materials into new mobility solutions.