Green Options » bike move http://greenoptions.com/tag/bike-move Posts tagged 'bike move' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Moving House Via Bike Seems Like Environmental, Friendly Community Fun http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/10/moving-house-via-bike-seems-like-environmental-practical-friendly-fun/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/10/moving-house-via-bike-seems-like-environmental-practical-friendly-fun/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:10 +0000 Adam Williams http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/10/moving-house-via-bike-seems-like-environmental-practical-friendly-fun/ Flipping through pages of the Internet the other day I ran across a group in Boulder, Colo., who moved their home goods via their bikes — furniture, appliances, everything.

I know they aren’t the only ones ever to have done it. (I searched a little more.) So now I’m curious to know how common this is among the bike commuting, Earth-loving crowd.

My first thought upon seeing the string of photographs documenting the day was, “WTF?” And I mean that in the best way, because pretty soon after I thought, “That is so awesome!”

They put out the word, calling interested bike mover helpers and 11 showed up. I can only imagine the comradery, the exercise, the fun. They made four trips to get the whole apartment’s worth of life moved.

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