My First Bike Move

I did my first bike move today. Not my move, but moving someone else. I found out about the move via the Shift Calendar.

It was quite a bit of fun and I got to meet some cool people. And it is interesting how quickly moves go when there are many hands. From start to finish, including doughnuts, coffee, pizza, beer, loading and unloading, we were at it for less than four hours. That included a 5 mile ride from NE Portland to SE Portland.

From Bicycle Travels

The BOB trailer is actually ill-suited for moving lots of stuff. From Bicycle Travels

Another view of the load I carried. From Bicycle Travels

That's an arcade console in the Super Bakfiet. From Bicycle Travels

No good deed goes unpunished though. No, actually it was a case of PEBCAK While loading up my trailer, bike and trailer fell over. The trailer arm hit my derailleur and bent the hanger rather severely.

Nice dent in the derailleur. From Bicycle Travels

The carnage. The red lines approximately indicated where the derailleur cage should be. From Bicycle Travels

I officially hate my BOB trailer now. It's going on Craigslist as soon as I am done posting this.

08 Jun 2009: Even more pics of the bike move can be seen at Bike-Junkie's (Aaron) flickr account.