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\"\"<\/a>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<\/a> — furniture, appliances, everything.<\/p>\n

I know they aren’t the only ones<\/a> 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<\/a>, Earth-loving crowd.<\/p>\n

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!”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I mean, I hate to move. Hate. It. But I love learning about these sorts of people are out there.<\/p>\n

It helps give me a sense of belief in humanity when so much of what surrounds us is negativity, especially right now with politics choking us morning, noon and night.<\/p>\n

Have you ever participated in a bike move? Know anyone who has?<\/p>\n

I’m curious to get thoughts and comments on… How did you set it up? What did you think of the effort? Would you ever do it again?<\/p>\n

And I think it’s practically a tradition that when moving the typical way — friends, friends’ cars, U-Haul, etc. — that the day ends with friends getting beer, pizza <\/a>and beer.<\/p>\n

Does that still apply for cyclists who have spent all day pushing the pedals and throwing furniture — and still, presumably, have a ride of however many miles to get back home at day’s end?<\/p>\n

It’s all good. I’m just impressed by people’s resolve<\/a> sometimes, their willingness to live simply and call back to community activities of benefit.<\/p>\n

In short, things that make time for productive human interaction away from modern “must-haves” such as cars, televisions and this computer I’m using to post this blog entry.<\/p>\n

Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dollars and Sense: Calculating Money and Environmental Benefits of Bike Commuting<\/a><\/p>\n

World Naked Bike Ride: Is Anything Gained By Protesting Oil Dependency in the Buff?<\/a><\/p>\n

David Byrne Makes Art of the Bike Rack<\/a><\/p>\n

Image: Axcordion<\/a>, via GNU Free Documentation License<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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