FEATURE
rebrand, or the fact that when we arrive there’s a four-deep and perhaps six-long line of Eav cargo bikes seemingly ready for dispatch pointed toward the roller doors, the only evidence of the company’s foundations are older models in for servicing. SFor those who didn’t spot it, since early 2024 Eav Bikes has been under new ownership and with that, the focus on becoming a sustainable business in all senses of the word is underway. It won’t have escaped watchers of the cargo bike sector’s attention that lately there have been casualties and Temple says that he is now determined that Eav won’t be one of them. He believes profitability is imminently on the horizon and the Mark 5 version of the flagship bike is best positioned to deliver it.
In the same breath, he moves on to say that despite the growth trajectory planned there is an element of matching up to the support network, a situation helped along by retailers like Fix Your Cycle and Fettle, whose Kwik-Fit link up provides large footprint workshops with the equipment to handle larger cargo bikes. This is critical because, without expertly trained and equipped backup, the cargo bike sector will struggle to sustain its momentum. Businesses running fleets must know that they can have a vehicle back on the road quickly and this underpins the potential success of the sector when it comes to challenging as a genuine alternative to vans for logistics and other service vehicles. Service vehicle creation is also a large part of the growth of late. While many of us might associate Eav with having
scored trials and sales with logistics giants like Evri and FedEx, Temple’s team now has its sights set on even more deployment with councils who may require cage-equipped vehicles for refuse collection, or large sites say with the National Trust where staff need to plant greenery over a wide area. With this in mind, Chris says he’d not be surprised if service work soon makes up 30% of his firm’s cargo bike use. The scale of the opportunity is underpinned by research from Clean Cities which showed last year that the number of cargo bikes in use within London rose by 63% and added that it looked likely that these delivery bikes could replace 17% of van deliveries by 2030 in some boroughs.
Banbury MP, Sean Woodcock during the site visit
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