{"id":40,"date":"2011-12-23T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2012-07-09T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T19:43:10","slug":"building-community-with-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/projects\/building-community-with-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Community with Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bicycle is not only the most efficient tool to get around on, but it is also very good for hauling things, sight-seeing, exercise, running errands, meeting interesting people, saving money, etc.
\nAlthough the United States by and large has been built with the car in mind, I have given up my car over four years ago, and am still getting happier about it with each year passing. Not having to spend on petrol, insurance, and car-maintenance, I now have all this money, so I decided to spread around my enthusiasm about the bicycle in my neighborhood. So I started to build specialized bicycles for cargo-hauling, fun, exercise and utility.
\nI documented my efforts on the Transition Network website with the project Community building with bicycles<\/a>. And the pictures below also show the setup and the variety of bicycles created through the project. Some of these bicycles are loaned out for donation to local non-profit organizations, like the Amherst Survival Center<\/a>, and several reskilling workshops (Welding, Winter bicycling) have been offered or are planned (Bicycle maintenance, Building Bamboo Bicycle Trailers).<\/p>\n

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