Our mission
Upcycling children's bicycles.
Upcycling children's bicycles is necessary, because on average children only use a bicycle for one year: by then they have grown too big and the bicycle is too small. Then the bicycle is often left to rust somewhere. In the Netherlands alone, there are millions of bicycles in sheds and municipal depots. We think it's a shame. That's why we came up with a simple but innovative idea: a subscription to a circular children's bicycle with an exchange and repair service at home. A lease bicycle for children, but sustainable. That's BikeFlip.
It works as follows: you choose a children's bicycle on our site, we bring it to your home. If it breaks, we'll come and fix it. Has your child grown too big for the bike? Then you can exchange the bicycle for a larger one. The old bicycle then goes to another child. We make every exchange moment (and therefore a new bicycle) a celebration.
approx. 100 kg CO2 saved
per refurbished bike
Every new children's bicycle has to be produced and transported, which causes a lot of emissions. By reusing and upcycling bikes, this is not necessary, and we save CO2! (European Bicycle Manufacturers’ Association)
3.8 million bicycles
are unused in sheds
And yet children's bikes are only used for a short time: on average, a child outgrows them almost every year.
10000 bikes upcycled
and there are more and more!
We have refurbished thousands of bikes to factory or even better quality. So that many more kilometres can be ridden on them.
How do we contribute to a better world?
How do we make the world a better place with children's bikes?
With a social heart
