Butchers & Bicycles

Why it is renowned

The MK1, a cargo trike built to tilt through corners like a two-wheeler, drew the cycling and technology press around its launch in January 2014: road.cc wrote it up ahead of release, setting it beside the Christiania and the Bakfiets, and New Atlas reported that its makers had set out to give cargo trikes the ability to lean into a turn like a regular bicycle.¹²

Recognition

• road.cc¹2013news story on the MK1 ahead of its launch
• New Atlas²2014report on the MK1 and Mk1-e at launch

The story

Three designers and engineers, Morten Mogensen, Morten Wagener and Jakob Munk, started the company in Copenhagen and named it after the meat-packing district where they were based.¹ They felt cargo bikes had so far lacked the joy of cycling, and set out to make one that rode like a regular road bike.¹ The company says it was founded to help families spend more quality time together; design, development, assembly and service are done in-house, and it now has a showroom in Odense.³⁴ The company filed for bankruptcy in 2025, and in April that year EventyrCykler, a maker of electric cargo bikes on Funen, bought its assets: the brand, its IP rights and selected production equipment. The buyer said it would keep Butchers & Bicycles as a brand of its own.⁵

What to know it by

• MK1⁶2014discontinuedMorten Wagener, Morten Mogensen, Jakob MunkTilting three-wheeled cargo bike
• MK1-E⁴Electric version of the MK1
• MK1-E Business⁴Version with a lockable cargo box