Some tips.
Originally Posted by Shift web site
Don't live in Portland, but want to give moving by bicycle a try? Here are some tips to get you started:
1. Broadcast the bike move far and wide! It can help to have a theme, like fancy dress, distinguished tie, or puppet/costume. It really is a party on wheels — but you have to make this clear in the invitation, because it’s not intuitive… advertise it as a sort of barn-raising.
2. Be really, really well prepared day-of so that people can just load-up their bikes and ride. 45 minutes is a pretty good loading-up time to shoot for, allowing plenty of time for people to drink coffee and to accomodate latecomers.
3. Provide plenty of coffee and donuts at the beginning, and beer and pizza, or something like that, at the end. The best move-by-bikes are when the movee doesn’t skimp on this. It costs a lot less than a truck, and makes everyone happy. This is probably the most important item on the list!
4. Plan out your best route in advance to avoid steep hills and high-traffic streets as much as possible. If you have any major street crossings, sign up people in advance to cork them and give them instructions on when to be at the front of the pack, so the whole parade can get through at its slow, loaded-down place.
5. Don’t worry about weather, but do have lots of tarps if it rains. You’ll also want to have lots of bungie cords and tie-downs made out of old bike tubes.
6. You might need to rent or borrow a truck to finish the job. It’s good to have a backup plan, especially if you have a lot of big things and not a lot of big trailers. You’ll want to think about the logistics of what can fit on each trailer in advance.
7. Take pictures and share them online! The more people move by bike, the more people want to move by bike…
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