Designboom has been spoonfeeding out the short list in the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010 over the last few weeks. Some have been idiosyncratic and odd, but others, like this Bagbike from Francois Bernard, Sonja Breuninger and Marion Pinaffo makes a lot of sense.

A couple of years ago Kristin Rule, alias 'The Unconventional Cellist' undertook a 20 week music tour, toting her cello on a motorbike with a solar trailer. With a new album recently released, she is soon to be touring again, but this time by bicycle accompanied by a solar-powered, electric-assist trailer.

We have admired Bakfiets, the big Dutch cargo bikes that carry kids around the Netherlands, before; Warren noted that they have a low centre of gravity and are very stable, and probably are a whole lot safer than kids' seats on bikes.

Dutch Cargo Bike is the Australia & New Zealand arm of the popular Dutch “Bakfiets” brand. Our company brings the solid reputation of the inventor of the 2-wheel “Bakfiets” Cargo Bike to the Southern hemisphere.

As bike culture comes into its own, many people switching to two-wheeled transportation want to ride with style.

Kickstand, a collapsible coffee stall that’s wheeled around on a pair of salvaged bikes, made its public debut last Saturday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the Market in McCarren, the outdoor arm of Artists and Fleas. The brainchild of Aaron Davis and Peter Castelein, both employees of Gimme! Coffee, and Neal Olson, formerly of Gimme! Coffee, Kickstand brings fresh, hand-crafted coffee to the grassy splendor of a public park.

Portland, Oregon is becoming a premier location for cargo bike innovation - Clever Cycles blazed this trail in 2007 by starting to import Dutch Bakfiets cargo boxes and other specialty cargo solutions, and Joe-Bike and Metrofiets are taking a lead in handmade custom-built cargo bikes. There's so much happening that it can be a little daunting for the uninitiated.