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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 28/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Open Streets Nicollet this past weekend! We helped 30 folks test ride bikes (even in the rain!) and had great convos with everyone who stopped by the table to ask questions or share how much their love their cargo bikes.

5 people are gathered around a table with a tent overhead talking about cargo bikes

Two people learn about cargo bikes from a volunteer in preparation to take them for test rides in the rain

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 22/09/2026

This Saturday is Open Streets Nicollet from 11am-5pm. We'll be on the 3600 block with our friendly bike librarians available to answer all of your cargo bike questions AND free cargo bike test rides.* Join us! (*Must be 18+, sign our waiver, and leave your ID during the test ride)

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 14/09/2026

Thank you to WMATA for inviting us to share about cargo bikes with some great new friends in the suburbs. Cargo bikes are a conversation starter, and once you start chatting SO many folks start to see the ways an ebike/e-cargo bike could make their life better. 🚲 ❤️

Two cargo bikes are parked in front of a bookstore, called the thinking spot

The Cargo Bike Library Bunch bike is parked in downtown Hopkins in front of a large sculpture of an abstract person riding a red bicycle

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 12/09/2026

Our Bunch bike is back home from the fair! On the ride back from St. Paul we admired this new (replaced) bike repair stand at the Greenway and 26th Ave S. 😍

Bunch bike parked next to an orange repair stand next to the Greenway

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 21/08/2026

Semi-trike (makes our Bunch in the background look so tiny!):

Civilized cycles semi trike is on display inside of the Eco experience building at the Minnesota State fair. The cargo trike is very large and has a trailer on the back with text “halls like a van. Rides like a bike. “

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 21/08/2026

We’re at the MN State Fair! If you visit (Aug 27-Sept 7), stop by the Eco Experience building and look for our @bunchbike.com ! The Civilized Cycles Semi-Trike is also on display in this building and worth a visit.

The Minnesota Cargo Bike Library Bunch bike is parked outside of the Eco experience building at the Minnesota State fair

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 21/08/2026

Our Bunch bike went on a big adventure today… and is actually staying put at the final destination for a few weeks. Any guesses on where the bike is hanging out? (Hint: it’s not in Minneapolis)

Minnesota Cargo Bike Library Bunch bike is parked on the Franklin bridge over the Mississippi river.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 05/08/2026

Pssst, we have opossum stickers in our merch shop now. 👀 Put one on your laptop, your water bottle, your bike, wherever! www.bikemn.org/join-us/mcbl...

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 28/07/2026

🚨 Big news 🚨 Our @bunchbike.com will be on display at the Eco Experience building at the MN State Fair (Aug 27-Sept7)! If you stop by, please take a photo and tag us. www.mnstatefair.org/schedule/ele...

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/07/2026

And have fun with friends, while hauling the MOST stuff.

MCBL Bunch cargo trike hauling a folding bike, folding trailer and saxophone case on a group ride

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/07/2026

Oh, the places you'll go with your free cargo bike loan via mcbl.bike.

MCBL Bunch cargo trike is parked at a Minneapolis beach with folks enjoying the water and beautiful summer day

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/07/2026

Our member survey includes an optional question asking if borrowers took any photos during their free cargo bike loan that they'd like to share with us. Some of them feel like a love note to the bikes (and to the city):

MCBL Bunch cargo trike parked in front of a lake (Bde Maka Ska?) at sunset.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/07/2026

It's all smiles down at our brand new Rochester cargo bike library branch!

An adult rides a black Xtracycle Swoop with a smile on their face while a MCBL librarian stands next to them, smiling.

A new MCBL member in Rochester sits on the blue Aventon Abound, smiling. A bike mechanic is in the background, in a garage, also smiling.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 13/07/2026

Need to haul a saxophonist playing live music through your city? There’s a cargo bike for that. 🚲 ❤️ 🎷

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 13/07/2026

To enable on-ride music, we hauled: ✔️1 talented saxophonist w/ saxophone in hand ✔️1 folding bike ✔️ 1 trailer ✔️ 1 saxophone case And still had room to haul another bike with @lauragmitchell.com ‘s Tow Monster (but wasn’t needed). Next up: full band on cargo bikes?

2 Bunch cargo trikes are parked next to each other. One has a folding bike in it, and the other has a saxophonist holding his saxophone and smiling. They are at a park.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 09/07/2026

Our library Bunch bike got a shiny new front panel (w/ our updated name). Let us know if you spot it in the wild!

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 21/06/2026

Are you cargo bike curious but not wanting a BIG bike? Our Benno RemiDemi is small but mighty & might be right up your alley. Available soon at our Brackett Park library branch!

Yellow electric cargo bike is parked in front of a very coordinated mural of a hand holding some music notes

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/06/2026

Important pupdate: One of our borrowers brought this sweet senior chihuahua to bike check out on Thursday and told us they wanted to see how he’d do in a basket on the front of the bike. Yesterday they traveled 18 miles together! 🚲 ❤️ 🐶

Screenshot from Instagram showing a black chihuahua in a basket with a purple
Towel draped over the basket. The dog is looking up at the camera and has a sweet greying face

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 05/06/2026

Our June orientation is this Sunday & our new @xtracycle.bsky.social Swoop ASM is helping us prepare and will be front and center in the training as our demo bike.

Blue Xtracycle Swoop ASM is parked outside the BikeMN office

Close up of the rear cargo area on the Xtracycle with dozens of MN Bicycling Handbook books

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 03/06/2026

Our program accepts donations in the form of money, bikes, AND/OR photos of dogs/adult/child passengers enjoying our bikes. We love this one of Leo who ALSO got to try out our Bunch last year. Which do you think he enjoyed more?

Adorable older golden retriever sits in an Urban Arrow

Adorable older golden retriever sits in a Bunch bike

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 01/06/2026

To celebrate a successful Cargo Bike Showcase today, we just added 3 more spots for this weekend's orientation. If you're interested, register now (they tend to go *very* fast)! Participants must be 18yo+ and live in Minneapolis. www.eventbrite.com/e/june-orien...

Flyer for June MCBL orientation
June 7th, 11am
3537 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 27/05/2026

It’s bike check-in night and two of our borrowers had creative ways to get back home after dropping their bikes off! Other popular options include: -walk - @metrotransitmn.bsky.social -Lime bike/scooter -folding bike -ride share (Lyft) -getting a ride from a friend Which would you pick?

An MCBL borrower rides the Bunch bike with a regular bike in the front cargo box

An MCBL borrower stands on a child-sized scooter

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 22/05/2026

Are you engaged in mutual aid work in your neighborhood or city? There’s a cargo bike to help with that. We’re so proud to see the various ways our borrowers leverage these bikes to support their neighbors in Minneapolis & beyond. 🚲 ❤️

MCBL Aventon Abound LR has 4 canisters of formula on the front basket

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 17/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined our cargo bike test ride event yesterday! There were so many smiles, giggles, and “I need to get one of these” comments. 🚲 ❤️

Several people stand around front loader cargo bikes with a sign that says “test a cargo bike today!”

3 college students share a Bunch bike with 2 friends in the box and one riding it

A volunteer helps someone learn about a Bunch bike

A group of volunteers pose with the MCBL cargo bikes. Someone is photo bombing on a skateboard

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 12/05/2026

Member stories: Last week our @bunchbike.com went home with a member who wanted to ensure her friend (who gets around with a wheelchair) could join a weekend picnic. 🚲 ❤️

Several people pose around a Bunch cargo bike outdoors on a sunny day. An adult is in the bike cargo area.

The trike DID work out for my friend--we rode down to the Bote and met some other friends for a Mother's Day picnic. He was so thrilled to be on a bike again--he was giddy!
We are already excited to check it out again!
It worked really well for him to remove the bench and put the seat cushion of his wheelchair in the bottom of the bucket.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 30/04/2026

Save the date! We’re offering tests rides of several of our electric cargo bikes at this event! Free & all are welcome.

Flyer for an event:

Lyndale
WHEELS & BIKE RODEO
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 11AM-2PM
Painter Park (620 W 34th St)

Image shows feet of people on skateboards

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 28/04/2026

A unique aspect of our cargo bike library is our new member orientation: a free 1 hour, in-person session with our librarians to go over everything you need to know to be safe and have fun with your free cargo bike rental. Our May orientation is this Saturday! We can't wait. 1/2

Laura stands next to a cargo bike with a room of 15+ new members going through MCBL orientation

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 25/04/2026

In the first year of our cargo bike library (2025), men made up less than half of our borrowers. Minneapolis' infrastructure is far from perfect, but is further ahead than most other U.S. cities. When we create networks of safe routes for people to bike, all kinds of people bike.

Pie chart showing men made up 42.1% of borrowers. Women were 44.9% and trans/genderqueer/gender nonconforming folks made up 13.1%.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 24/03/2026

Want to be a cargo bike librarian? Be prepared to manage lots of keys (these are half of ours). 🔑

Laura holds a pile of keys and gps trackers with bikes in the background

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 14/03/2026

We’re so grateful to @perennialcycle.bsky.social for helping us with a very exciting new bike day… Our cargo bike library now has an Urban Arrow! This bike will be available to members to borrow for FREE when we reopen later this spring. 🚲 ❤️

Laura sits on a black urban arrow outside Perennial bike shop (which has a big “Abolish ICE” banner over the shop sign.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 04/03/2026

We received 2 emails like this in 2 days. Minneapolitans are eager for some joy... and we can't wait to bring it in the form of free cargo bike loans. We're working on getting our orientations scheduled & setting our reopen date. We'll share those via our newsletter first, so sign up! mcbl.bike

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 31/01/2026

We had planned a winter hibernation to give our volunteer team time to rest. Instead, our full team is deep in mutual aid work & several bikes are back out to help w/ community needs. Our @bunchbike.com will help an injured bike friend join the ride for Alex Pretti tomorrow. See you there? 🚲 ❤️

Bunch bike parked next to the Bryant Ave bikelane. Snow is on the ground and it’s very cold.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 06/01/2026

Well, would you look at that? I wonder what this little sneak preview corner could be hinting at... 👀

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 31/12/2025

Behind the scenes: this is how cargo bike libraries are made. Our core team met for FIVE hours today to work on planning for 2026. We have many, many exciting things in the works… including a name change to accompany our expansion plans! Stay tuned. 👀

3 laptops and misc office supplies are on a table in a meeting space

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 04/12/2025

We’re so grateful to have cozy @cyclehoop.bsky.social bike hangars to keep our bikes out of the elements and secure during their winter hibernation!

Cyclehoop secure bike hangar covered in snow

Close up image of the MCBL sticker on the Cyclehoop hangar

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 26/11/2025

Need to pick up groceries for a big gathering? There’s a cargo bike for that! We can’t wait to share this Flyer Via Pro with our members in the spring.

Flyer Via Pro cargo bike parked on the Midtown Greenway. It is foggy as a storm approaches

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 23/11/2025

Thanks to all who joined us today, and to our friends at @thecargobikeshop.bsky.social for putting on a great open house! 🚲 ❤️

Several cargo bikes are parked outside of the cargo bike shop

Several long tail cargo bikes are on display inside the cargo bike shop

A group of people on cargo bikes ride together.

The group of cargo bike riders are chatting in a park

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 18/11/2025

The front bag on this @xtracycle.bsky.social Hopper expands to fits whatever you’re hauling (in this case, 10 @cleverhood.bsky.social jackets) & has magnetic closures. We love when bike companies have great accessories for their bikes. Borrow this bike FREE for a week next spring/summer/fall!

Xtracycle Hopper with rain jackets poking out of a front rack bag

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 13/11/2025

We are so excited for our members to try this @xtracycle.bsky.social Hopper next spring! It’s nimble and fun to ride w/ great cargo capacity. Thank you to Xtracycle & @thecargobikeshop.bsky.social for donating this bike to our library for FREE rentals for our members! Mplscargobikelibrary.com

Xtracycle Hopper is parked next to Lake Harriet at sunset

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 11/11/2025

Your donation will help ensure we can help more people like Lisa in '26! www.givemn.org/story/mplscargobikelibrary Lisa & her husband rode a tandem bike together for many years, but a health condition has limited her mobility. Her husband reached out to try our @bunchbike.com ... 1/2

Lisa sits in the front of the MCBL Bunch bike parked in a driveway. Lisa is bundled up because it's cold outside.

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 09/11/2025

We are so grateful to the generosity of @xtracycle.bsky.social & @thecargobikeshop.bsky.social, who donated this new Hopper to our library! Our members (those who complete our free orientation) will be able to borrow it FREE for a week when we reopen in the spring. Mplscargobikelibrary.com

Xtracycle cargo bike (longtail) with kids’ seat parked on the Sabo Bridge in Mpls

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 09/11/2025

Need to pick up groceries for a family of 4? There’s a cargo bike for that. This Flyer Via Pro’s cargo area gives it the benefits of a front loader (just throw stuff in) while benefiting from the agility & smaller footprint of a long tail. Try it free via our library in the spring.

Side view of flyer via pro filled with groceries

Overhead view of flyer via pro filled with groceries

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 01/11/2025

We are so grateful to Radioflyer for donating this Via Pro to our library! We accept all kinds of donations, but especially love bikes that are sold & serviced by our local bike shops. Watt Cycleworks sells & services both Radioflyer & @bunchbike.com (+ many, many other brands)!

Radio flyer Via Pro cargo bike is parked next to a Cyclehoop bike hangar

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 23/10/2025

We picked up 4 electric cargo bikes today! They’re tucked away for winter hibernation, but we can’t wait to share them with you all next spring. Thank you to the local Wirecutter reviewer who selected our program for this generous donation. 🚲 ❤️

Laura and Angela pose for a photo near the back of the BikeMN van with 4 bikes in it

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 27/09/2025

We visited the Gilette Children’s Adaptive Recreation Expo in St. Paul today and were SO excited to see all of the adaptive bikes up close. There truly is a bike out there for almost everyone.

Two very upright adaptive trikes with small wheels are parked side by side

An adaptive recumbent electric trike is parked in a garage. A parent and child stand nearby interacting with a mascot

A side by side recumbent electric cargo trike in teal

Someone stands near 4 adaptive options: one set up like a stroller, an ebike and a trike with a wheelchair type set up in the front

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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/09/2025

Today's newsletter includes our 2025 report, which details our impact so far this year. Check out the ways our members used our bikes this year and the benefits they experienced. See the full report in our September update: mplscargobikelibrary.com/2025/09/15/s...

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