But everything else was made from Beech or Padouk wood. This includes the leaf springs that help cushion the cargo box from the bumps in the road. The box itself acts as the handlebars.

The box bike has a large wooden container between the handlebars and the front wheel. It is a descendant of the cargo bike, which has an illustrious history as the delivery vehicle of choice for ...

were curious to know the age of the box, the type of wood used to make it, and of course, its cargo. Radiocarbon dating places the box to between 1475 CE and 1635 CE. So at between 546 and 386 ...