A Perfect Bikey Portland Day
If you’re following us on twitter (@pathlesspedaled ) then you already know that we participated in a quintessential Portland bikey experience – the bike move. We heard about it yesterday from our chance encounter with DonnaB and it sounded like a fun thing to do. She told us that they usually started with breakfast and ended with beer – who can say no to that?
So at 10:45am-ish Laura and I rolled up to the apartment of a complete stranger ready to move his stuff by bicycle. In no time, every manner of cargo bicycle showed up from an Xtracycle, a pair of Mundos, a CETMA front loader, a recumbent trike with a trailer, work bike trailers, etc., It was a utilitarian cyclist’s wet dream. Among the people there was Jeff Mapes, author of Pedal Revolution, a book that I was reading on the train! What a small world.
As advertised there was some breakfast, there was some moving and there was some beer (Lompoc – an IPA and a red). We met some fun interesting people and we really felt at home. What a great group! We’ve only been in town for a day and a half and we’ve had some great conversations with people. Ah, Portland, we will miss you!
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Did you get to check out the CETMA much? I am so excited to get mine!!!
Thanks for helping me Move By Bike, Russ! It was fun meeting both of you and showing y’all how we roll here in Portland, Oregon.
(PS. Dear Reader: That’s yours truly in the last photo above, showing off my new house key.)
What a wonderful idea! An opportunity to meet new friends, get some saddle time and help a neighbor all at the same time.
You’re off to a great start.
Jack
Hey thanks for coming and for the great video — nice job! Great pic of me on the trike; can I get a copy?
Happy trails!
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What a great blog entry:) You should for sure post a link to it on the Utility bike sub-forum on bikeforums.com
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