Books on Bikes 

Books on Bikes is a community outreach and literacy program, created by Charlottesville City School librarians and teachers, that gives books to children in Charlottesville, VA, in the summer when schools are out. Books on Bikes needed help creating book carriers for their cargo bikes, so they could both carry books and make it easy for kids to browse all the books and select their favorites.

The carriers not only had to function well but also be lightweight so as not to add to the burden of pedaling a bike loaded with books. The design uses a minimal wooden frame skinned with twin-wall polycarbonate to keep it light and give it a clean, modern look.