For those looking for a lean, mean, customised cargo-carrying machine, then look no further: the WorkCycles Kr8 (‘crate’) is the family bike you’ve been looking for.

The one featured in the video has an ‘anthracite black sparkle’ paint job, a NuVinci Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), and an electric assist motor. It might look like an ocean liner, but it handles like a dream and shifts cargo like a van. The Ikea-like modular set up of this bike makes it easy to ship, and relatively straightforward to reassemble.

We put this one together in our tiny living room before we had a proper workshop – such humble beginnings!