This is why I hate hipsters. "Hey look at me, even my move is environmentally friendly!"

Oh relax!
As you can see from the video, there were no accidents. Congestion is a pretty regular part of city traffic, and bikes get around all over the city without causing problematic congestion, so I don't think there's any issue with that.

And really? They're hipsters because of this? Seems like more of an exercise in geekdom to me. The shiftless layabout sort of hipster that is constantly vilified on this site is more likely to hire somebody to do his moving for him, don't you think?

Do what i do next time a friend asks you to help them move to a 3rd floor walkup with a giant coutch that barely fits through the door. Offer them money to hire someone else who does this for a living.

Wow, you guys are brutal. But let me get this straight.

"And creates greater congestion and risk of accidents because of a bunch of people making multiple trips on bicycles hauling furniture."

So your saying somehow that double parking a uhaul truck is some how safer than using bike lanes and pedal power to move your things? And for the few streets that didn't have bike lanes and we were forced to ride in the traffic lane (where we have every legal right to ride in by the way) , your saying that somehow my causing causing an SUV (who already made the decision to buy and drive one) to drive slow is causing more pollution?
and please... not that i'm one to defend hipsterism, but riding a bike and deciding to minimize my impact on the environment, or fine, offset the impact i made on the environment by flying to Amsterdam (it was a very lovely trip thank you very much, i took pictures if you care to see how much room the dutch take up in their streets with bikes) Somehow this makes me a hipster gentrifier?
Maybe if there were more reasonable options for a lower income person, then my girlfriend wouldn't have been priced out of her apartment and forced to move in with me. She teaches children for f..k sake and can't even afford to live near where she teaches, and maybe we can all just take a minute and think about who is choosing to purchase and drive vehicles in a city with perfectly good public transportation, or choosing to ride a bike instead of pollute.
Try getting off your high and mighty ass and doing some work yourself for once, stop wasting your time making snide comments on a blog from the safety of your personal computer and do something for your community, give back, educate, participate, anything.
Oh wait, i'm sorry... you probably make enough money to pay someone else to care.

sorry for the double posting, my hipster internet connection was being too ironic to make a connection, and i accidentally hit post again when my designer 90's neon glasses with no lenses slipped off.

I am not against bike riding in general, but why do you think it's necessary to film your move by bike and post it on the web? Nothing more than to stroke your own EGO with some virile video and instant fame, I bet. Maybe Good Morning America will be calling you for an interview soon, just like those despicable Subway Sweethearts...puke!

"Maybe if there were more reasonable options for a lower income person, then my girlfriend wouldn't have been priced out of her apartment and forced to move in with me. She teaches children for f..k sake and can't even afford to live near where she teaches,"

They have schools and plenty of low cost homes in Ohio you know. You can also pack everything into a single, horse drawn wagon to save yourself multiple bicycle trips back and forth to NY.

I love riding my bike, and I do consider myself environmentally conscious, but trying to move apartments via bicycle seems pretty ridiculous to me.

yes my video is very manly, and viral.

This post also really reinforces "stuff white people like" per the blog of the same name.

I bike in harsh conditions and zigzag through times square traffic. I have friend with bikes but I have no friends that have a rickshaw.

How many people do? And if you do have friends that do, where do they store them?

Also, where would you purchase one/how much would it cost?

Way to go dudes! Stick it to the man!! My next move is going to be on a bike.

c'mon nickdigital. If that's you in the video, you said you traveled to Amsterdam (and hinted at other places). In what eco-friendly manner did you get there?

No one is saying that it isn't fine not to drive. But there are times when it makes sense to do so, both practically speaking AND as environmentally speaking. Moving is one of those times.

Whatever incremental amount of pollution would have been added by renting a truck for a quick move could have been more than overcome by having those same people who clogged the streets doing something else with their time to help the environment and/or community.

This video was not posted as "gee, we're so poor the best option is to move by bicycle." It was posted as if this kind of move was environmentally superior to doing it in one shot with a small rental truck. Nonsense.

Not to mention, having X number of people hauling crap on bikes certainly increases the chances that any one of them will get in an accident and hurt themselves or someone else.

If you had fun moving stuff on a bike, good for you, you could have done it without videotaping it. But taping it to post it on the web as a way to get attention for yourself, or to say "look at me, I'm a friend to the environment" is nothing but econarcissism. (yes, I'm adding that word to my lexicon)

Econarcissim- the act of admiring one's own devotion to the environment or eco-friendly causes.

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He said that moving with bikes was more eco-friendly than using a U-Haul. This is true, and we all know it....by avoiding renting one, they inarguably reduced the environmental impact of their move.

that sounds nice and simple, but in actuality, all those people burning extra calories biking to move this stuff, then consuming more food than they would have if they hadn't burned those calories, wear and tear on bicycle tires that need to be replaced, wear on brake pads of cars to avoid them... these things are rarely as simple as portrayed.

what's the point of questioning dude on the environmental impact of his flight to Europe? that it's hypocritical to act all environmentally groovy by moving some stuff using bikes when you poisoned the environment in much larger ways. Not to mention, having been to Amsterdam a few times myself, as much as they ride bikes, I've never noticed anyone there moving a household's worth of goods that way. I guess they really are smarter than us.

I'll say it again, people who comment like the nasty ones above, well they know they are losers and really don't have much to say other than they are useless, which is okay, fine to be useless in society, most people are.

I mean come on, these guys shot a video for Streetfilms, a very low budget one. It got picked up here. They don't say that you have to do what they did, they decided to do it themselves. What is the big deal? Really. It's sad, really sad.

Let them do it. If you wanna move by van or Hummer, go right ahead. No one is attacking you for doing that.

Thanks for your support guys. I mean really, i'm the first one to admit that i'm not 100% no impact on the environment, and i'm by no means trying to get fame and fortune or attention for myself from making a video like this.
What i am trying to do is to raise awareness that there are options out there, and that with a little bit of thought and care we can make a difference, if ever so small.
The great thing about the internet is that 3000+ people have seen the video so far, and it was only posted a few days ago.
If even 1 other person sees the video and inspired to go out and change the way they do things, or to think about things a little different then the video was successful. Its not about me or my girlfriend or anyone else in the film, its about creating a discourse, engaging a in dialog and coming up with new paradigms that aren't so selfish and ruinous.
Riding a bike everyday and taking public transportation instead of owning a car is my way of trying to limit the damage in do by being a modern day human. Yeah i recycle, i contribute to my community, i educate others, i do what i can. I'm not asking anyone to do anything in this film other than to look around at what they can do- or at the very least, question why they make the choices they do. Or even less, be entertained by a few dorks on bikes trying something new.

not exactly. it's more like don't talk down to others or act like your ___ doesn't stink when you break the same rules you want the rest of us to live by.

http://xkcd.com/386/