{"id":1341,"date":"2012-10-12T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2012-10-18T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T14:22:52","slug":"video-about-building-a-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/video-about-building-a-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Video about building a trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Before I write anything else, I want to just blurt out what an interesting thing happened today as I arrived to work. <\/p>\n

Next to the building I work at a new bike was put on the bike rack, where I usually put mine. That, by itself is not very interesting at all as lately I am not the only one using a bike for going to work, but the bike was a Dutch-made one, Gazelle, which I have never seen in the US before, all new, with a full chain enclosure, fenders, even a skirt protector, three speeds and a wheel lock, that is my favorite kind of lock, which my bike also has and which is not so easy to get around here, in fact I had to bring it over from Europe (from the Netherlands of course \ud83d\ude42 to be able to sport it on my bike.<\/p>\n

My first thought was, ‘Whoa, who does this bike belong to, and where is it from?’ – a hard question, as in the building I work there are several small businesses and some apartments, clients come to see lawyers, and it sounds like there is also a day-care center here, and an environmental organization. Then I though, how speedily people’s preferences around bikes — and with that, the bike selection in shops — have been changing. It does make me happy when I see a practical, weather resistant and sturdy bike, that will last for decades, popping out of nowhere. <\/p>\n

Back to the movie. As you can see from our calendar on the events<\/a> page, the Pioneer Valley Transition Towns Film Festival<\/a> is happening next Friday evening, and ten short movies will be shown out of all the 18 that were sent in. <\/p>\n

I don’t know which ten, but I asked a friend to film me building a bamboo bicycle trailer, which he did, and the result of his editing he sent in by the September 28th deadline. <\/p>\n

Well, don’t worry, if they don’t show my little movie, here is a link: Building a Bamboo Bicycle Trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you can’t quite follow how to do it, monitor this space: I have done a workshop<\/a> on this already, that I will repeat as it got such strong interest, and I will announce when this happens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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