So Jason mentioned a trailer building workshop I (JDR) am putting together this weekend. Ball’s in my court then, isn’t it?
With all sorts of people coming into town the end of June for awesome events, including the Allied Media Conference the 2nd United States Social Forum, one of the things we’re teaming up with our awesome friends over at Recycle Detroit and the USSF Sustainability Cmte to do is build up bicycle trailers for recycling and waste hauling!
This trailer building workshop is the first part in a multi-part series on pulling more than your own weight via bicycle. Stay tuned to your locally-grown and nationally-recognized community bicycle shop, The Hub of Detroit, for more info on future workshops!
Date: May 15th
Time : 3:30pm-7pm
Location: Back Alley Bikes space (entrance in alley behind of The Hub of Detroit)
What: The goal of the evening is to use wood and recycled bicycle parts to make simple bicycle cargo trailers. The trailers built will be used to pick up waste during the forum and will be a part of environmental management efforts reduce the ecological footprint of the USSF and beyond!
If you have carpentry experience, bicycle trailer experience, or a strong desire to help out and gain a little of both, we’d really love to see you!
The bicycle trailer building workshop this Saturday will be comprised of roughly three basic parts:
-Finding/making/modifying/preparing a flatbed cargo surface for bicycle trailer usage
-Attaching wheels to aforementioned flatbed cargo surface
-Attaching the rolling flatbed cargo surface to the bicycle itself.
While there will be some pieces cut and some screw-holes marked, this is an excellent opportunity to get hands on experience measuring and building something that extends and expands the scope of ones own human power!
If you plan on attending, need directions, or if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email me – joey@thehubofdetroit.org