{"id":2356,"date":"2010-12-18T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T00:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2014-11-01T23:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T06:05:54","slug":"christmas-and-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2357\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/treesbybike2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=470%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD780 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291928672&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TreesByBike2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by April Streeter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=470%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2357 lazyload\" title=\"TreesByBike2\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/treesbybike2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=470%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD780 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291928672&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TreesByBike2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by April Streeter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?fit=470%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2357 lazyload\" title=\"TreesByBike2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?resize=470%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TreesByBike2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Photo by April Streeter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just when the soggy Vancouver weather had got me to thinking that Christmas and bicycles cannot possibly be connected, I learned from the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/life\/Santa+little+helpers+wheels\/3985311\/story.html#ixzz18QGoRby3\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a><\/em> that there is a small company in Portland, Oregon that <strong>delivers Christmas trees by bike<\/strong>! Max Kirchoff calls himself Yule Dispatcher, and runs <a href=\"http:\/\/treesbybike.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Trees by Bike<\/strong><\/a>. Max started his company after receiving a lot of honks of encouragement while endeavouring to bring a Christmas tree for himself home by bike. That time he did it with a backpack, but for his commercial venture, Max uses trailers and eight cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>Trees by Bike donates 10% of its profits to charity, and has grown by more than 400% this year (that\u2019s statistics-talk for: the first year he sold 40, this year he\u2019s selling 200). And they ain\u2019t cheap, ranging from $32.20 to $50. Customers are prepared to pay a premium for convenience and a clean conscience, it seems. And they are so happy to get their trees delivered by cyclists that they tip generously, and often invite the cyclists in for cookies and hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Good for them. I\u2019d do the same if someone offered that kind of service here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And talking of <strong>Christmas and Bicycles<\/strong>, in London there is a Christmas Tree that is made out\u00a0 of bicycles (taking recycling to new heights)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=537%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"537,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=537%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358 lazyload\" title=\"bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"410\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=537%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"537,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?fit=537%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358 lazyload\" title=\"bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?resize=537%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>This sculpture stands in <a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/recycled-christmas-tree-made-of-bike-wheels\/bicycle-wheel-christmas-tree-2\/#ixzz18QMu98RF\" target=\"_blank\">Bermondsey Square in London<\/a>, and is made out of 35 wheels. It was designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarch.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Wigglesworth Architects<\/a>, and uses wheels from the British charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.re-cycle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Re-Cycle<\/a> (which restores old bikes to ship them to Africa).<\/p>\n<p>Here in Vancouver, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexwarrior\" target=\"_blank\">Alex P<\/a> won this Christmassy t-shirt from the City of Vancouver for his <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/3a2b23\" target=\"_blank\">photo of snowy bike commuting in Vancouver<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/bike-vancouver-shirt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bike vancouver shirt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2387 lazyload\" title=\"Bike vancouver shirt\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/bike-vancouver-shirt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bike vancouver shirt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2387 lazyload\" title=\"Bike vancouver shirt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/averagejoecyclist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bike-vancouver-shirt.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Does anyone know of any other interesting connections between bicycles and Christmas?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when the soggy Vancouver weather had got me to thinking that Christmas and bicycles cannot possibly be connected, I learned from the Vancouver Sun that there is a small company in Portland, Oregon that delivers Christmas trees by bike! 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Max started his company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112],"tags":[338,300],"class_list":{"0":"post-2356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bike-events","8":"tag-christmas-and-bikes","9":"tag-portland","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christmas and Bicycles &#8226; Average Joe Cyclist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/christmas-and-bicycles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christmas and Bicycles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just when the soggy Vancouver weather had got me to thinking that Christmas and bicycles cannot possibly be connected, I learned from the Vancouver Sun that there is a small company in Portland, Oregon that delivers Christmas trees by bike! 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