So it’s been a massive dream to move all the contents of my house from one part of a city to another by bicycle. I all started when I was on The Otesha Project in Canada and met this amazing Food Not Bombers (well one womyn particularly) in Victoria who had moved all the contents of her place on this trailer they had built out of a stretcher used to bring peeps out of the bush.
I was in total awe and respect when I heard that I planned secretly of doing that myself.
Believe it or not we got cheered from several cafes along route which was ubber rad in my opinion. And motorists kinda just looked in respect and awe and took photos on cameras and cheered us on. Epic journey. Beautiful peeps and man I’d do it again in a heart beat!
So without further ado…
And heh if you are bored check out the first Bike Move that happened just before mine by my rad friend Kat…
Oh yeah folks it’s a freakin movement…
xo
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Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Angela
Awesome! You never cease to amaze me. Although, that would be hard to do in Ottawa in the winter. Now that would be CRAZY. Check out our snow pics and be glad you are in Oz. It is nice to see you are still following your passion.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 23:00 pm
Shane Bill
Angela - Ahhh thanks man. I agree it would be hard in winter although not entirely that impossible I spose if you dedicate more time to it. I found it interesting how riding in the winter was more about overcoming the initial (oh man oh man I think my feet, legs, and nose are going to fall off) and then once that happened I was able to properly warm my body up and move.
But dragging that load and dealing with ice and snow would definitely be pretty interesting I figure. Was fun none-the-less and I hope to see more of that in Canada and here in Melbourne. I’m in the process of setting up http://bikemove.wordpress.com to showcase these moves around Melbourne! YAHOOOO!
Ahhh I miss you both sometimes heh…your a lovely and amazing couple. Hope that Ottawa is treating you well…go have a beaver tail for moi.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 19:10 pm
bianca
Rad dudes! that’s soooo coooolll!! Can u help me move when i get myself sold in seddon, near footscray?! i’ll help u next time u need it? (no, i havent sold my place, but maybe in future). It’s inspirational seeing it as people give up hope on such big problems but as the saying goes ‘every little bit helps’ and just to see you doing that, its inspirational…
Cool man!! 
Great stuff! 
Keep it up! (I’ll spread your site to my friends/ network anyway)..
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 15:39 pm
Shane Bill
bianca - I suspect that should work out well (we have a big trailer which can be rented out and hauled on a bike.
It was a beautiful thing to have happen and something I’ve dreamed of for a while heh. Check out bikemove.wordpress.com to get more information on the low-down.
Heaps of hand bops,
Shane