{
 "id": 69838,
 "slug": "assembling-a-babboe-big-cargo-bike-yourself-what-to-expect",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/assembling-a-babboe-big-cargo-bike-yourself-what-to-expect/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Assembling a Babboe Big cargo bike yourself, what to expect",
 "subtitle": "300 euros cheaper, but it costs you hours of careful work.",
 "summary": "When I ordered my Babboe Big in 2019, self-assembly was 300 euros cheaper than ready-to-ride delivery. It took me hours of work with countless nuts and bolts, so a busy parent may prefer the assembled option.",
 "topics": [
  "Amsterdam",
  "bike",
  "creating",
  "daddy",
  "environment",
  "howto",
  "mobility",
  "review",
  "sport"
 ],
 "date": "2019-06-25",
 "published": "2019-06-25T00:00:00+02:00",
 "created": "2026-08-30T07:13:41.259000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-30T07:17:04.156000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2019-06-25_assembling-a-cargo-bike/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "Is it worth assembling a Babboe Big cargo bike yourself?",
 "text": "The bike arrives flat-packed in many boxes: wheels, frame parts, the wooden cargo box and a semi-assembled rear end. Pick a spot where everything can stay put, because the build takes hours.\nKeep the screws in their bags: each is marked with a letter the manual refers to. Study the drawings closely, many parts are nearly symmetrical with only tiny differences, and a mistake means disassembling later, as I found out myself. You need wrenches, hex keys and a screwdriver; the less common 15 mm wrench is included.\nJoining the front and rear frames exposes the limits of the factory precision: squeeze in both supplied filler plates for a tight fit, positioning them with a piece of wood and a hex key, never a metal hammer, or you damage the paint.\nThere is no cable management: route the brake cables with your own tie wraps and check that nothing obstructs the swinging cargo box. Fully tighten the box bolts only after final assembly.",
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}