Austin, Texas BikeO’Haul-ism
Laura writes at the Austin, Texas BikeO’Haul-ism blog:
“Jonny and I have returned from our travels and back to the busy swing of school and work and school and work and Austin.
I managed to get on a couple of loaner bikes while in Portland. One, a cruiser with a wheel so out of true I thought it might fall off, I rode through north Portland in the ice. The other, a multi-geared road bike made into a single speed through some missing parts (not gears) that was too big for me and had a saddle that swiveled and was affixed to some degree with duct tape, I rode a couple of times all the way across town. Walking it through the Rose Quarter transit center flush with blazer spectators, I was asked by some teenage boys, “Aren’t you afraid to ride that?”
“No,” I lied and biked up Interstate to watch the game at the newly non-smoking Overlook. Needless to say it was nice to get back on my bike.”
According to the subtitle on the blog, “Our mission is to provide a viable option for people to move their home/life/business without the need for a combustion engine. We hope to organize a volunteer collective of human movers, build and provide access to bike trailers, and help others build their own bike trailers. Our idea was sparked by Move By Bike of Portland, OR. We seek to provide fun, community building, and an environmentally sound example of the power of humans moving.”