IKEA tests pickup cycle

  • Soort:Nieuws Fietsberaad
  • Datum:01-03-2011

The IKEA store in Delft has introduced a pickup cycle for hire, allowing people to transport their new furniture home under their own steam. The pickup cycle has been developed by TU Delft.


Delft is the location of the IKEA Concept Center where various ideas and solutions are tested. As an experiment, people can rent a transport bicycle designed to move large furniture, for ten Euros. The Vrachtfiets (pickup cycle) is an innovative spin-off from Delft Technical University. The concept is based on interchangeable modules for the cargo space of the Vrachtfiets. In this way it is possible to provide customer-specific solutions by means of a single bicycle. Various applications are possible per bicycle, as the various modules are interchangeable. In this way a single Vrachtfiets can be used for both goods and passenger transport. Vrachtfiets may also be of service in car-free areas such as historic town centres and national parks.

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