How to load bikes on a truck

  • Turn as many handlebars as possible and divide the bikes into groups

    It makes it easier for loading if you can turn as many handlebars as possible. Usually there are some bikes that are too old, but turn as many handlebars as possible. Then divide the bikes into groups. Load the turned handlebar/no basket bikes first. Kids’ bikes are loaded last.

  • Loading in Copenhagen in 2022

    We can usually fit 225 bikes on a truck - it’s a tight squeeze. 100 bikes is no problem - and there is room for other stuff. The truck driver should open the fabric on one side, if possible and relevant.

    Of course, take care of the bikes BUT don’t worry… bikes are tough and resilient. Don’t worry if bits and pieces like reflectors break and fall off.

  • This is how to load the bikes

    This is how to load. Everybody will doubt this system and have their own idea. They will be wrong. :-) We have shipped 900 bikes to Ukraine and learned this technique from a Danish NGO who have shipped thousands of bikes Africa. This is the system. The system is your friend.

  • One person holds the first bike like this

    It starts like this. Tilt a bike up - back wheel against the side and one person will have to stay here and hold the bikes.

    Pro tip: 2 or 3 people should be on the truck, rolling the bikes from the back to the loading spot. 2-3 (or more) people can be on the ground, rolling the bikes to the truck and lifting them on board.

  • The bikes should lean against the back of the truck

    The bikes should lean against the back wall slightly. This stablises them through the magic of gravity.

  • The next bike is turned in the opposite direction

    The next bike faces the opposite direction. The two people work together and get the bikes to stay up like this. The pedals ARE YOUR FRIEND. They can slide into the wheel of the other bike and help keep the bikes up.

  • Keep turning the bikes opposite each time

    Keep going like this. Each bike is opposite direction to the one before it.

  • There will be space on the left

    You’ll create a corridor of space on the left. As you get about 1/4th of the way down the truck, start putting bikes (ones with baskets or handlebars that are not turned - or any “awkward” bike) down this corridor. This will also support the bikes on the right during transport. You can also use boxes.

    After 1/4th of the truck is filled, you can also place stabilizing boxes on the floor. Or the driver can secure the bikes with a strap.

  • Afterwards, use the space on top for kids' bike or boxes, etc

    Work in sections of 1/4th of the length of the truck. DO NOT WORRY about the bikes - they are resilient. You can place boxes on top in the space beneath the ceiling. And also, the kids’ bikes. You can also use the space on top of the bikes on the left corridor.

  • This is what our bikes do

    Just one of our Bikes4Ukraine bikes will, in the course of one year:

    • take 1800 trips

    • travel 18,000 km

    • carry 12,000 kg

    • help 5000 Ukrainians

  • Volunteers and social workers

    The bikes are used by volunteers in our network of NGOs and social workers to deliver food, water, humanitarian aid and medicine to the most vulnerable victims of the invasion.

  • THANK YOU!

    Bikes are awesome.

    Helping Ukraine is awesome.

    YOU ARE AWESOME!

    Thank you!