I can see it for really bulky stuff. Before I got my cargo bike,I'd get with friends who had cars for things like my bookshelves. They were flat-packed in boxes,but trying to get them home on a regular bike with a standard rack would've been a real PITA. With my Big Dummy,no prob. But not everyone has the space to park a cargo bike;I wouldn't own mine if we didn't have a parking garage because it won't fit in our elevators without the front wheel removed.