The Gazelle Makki Load Electric Cargo bike is designed with the modern family in mind. It’s a green machine that will help you cycle more and drive less, even with a growing brood.
I went to London’s leading electric bike shop Fully Charged with my five-year-old daughter to take one for a spin. Having never ridden a front-loading eCargo bike before, I was eager to see how it felt.
In safe hands… Some background on Gazelle
Gazelle have been making bikes for 130 years and are market leaders in Holland. Their mission is to ‘make cycling easy and fun for everyone’, and we can’t argue with that. They are masters of the comfortable upright cycling position and are renowned for making bikes of exceptional quality.
Gazelle Makki: Down with the Kids
The Gazelle Makki can carry up to three children, and the big bonus of this style of front-loading cargo bike is that your kids are up front where you can see them.
Part of the reason why the Makki is so great at transporting children is because the bike and the box take the weight, not you. The box is made of impact resistant EPP, Expanded Polypropylene, which is similar to what’s inside a bike helmet. It has exceptionally high strength-to-weight ratio and is 100% recyclable.
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