XYZ Cargo
Modular cargo bikes and trikes bolted together from square aluminium tubes, begun in the Copenhagen art studio N55 and built by hand in Denmark and Germany.
- Founded
- 2010
- Founded by
- Ion Sørvin of N55, with Till Wolfer
- Based in
- Copenhagen and Hamburg
Pictures © XYZ Cargo, from xyzcargo.com.
Why it is renowned
The Norwegian Cargobike Magazine profiled a rider in Bergen who bought an XYZ Cargo straight from the maker and assembled it at the freight terminal; the bikes have an importer in Norway, Oslo Transportsykkel.1 Beyond its studios in Copenhagen and Hamburg, sub-producers build the bikes in the UK and the USA.2
The story
XYZ Cargo grew out of N55, the Copenhagen art collective started by Ion Sørvin, whose work sits between art, design and urban living.12 Sørvin began the project in 2010 with Till Wolfer, who opened a second studio in Hamburg in 2012.2 The frames are space frames of square aluminium tubes joined with bolts and without a single weld, and the cargo deck is a sheet of unbreakable clear polycarbonate.1 The system is modular: buyers can take a finished bike or build their own at one of the workshops the makers run.2
Works
What to know it by
- XYZ Cargo Trike2Three-wheeler with a front box, 150 kg load
Sources
- XYZ Cargo: Danske byggeklosser, Cargobike Magazine. cargobikemag.com, read 29 September 2026.
- XYZ CARGO, Modular and Sustainable Cargo Bikes. xyzcargo.com, read 7 October 2026.
Last checked 7 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.