Portland’s Trees By Bike service will deliver a Christmas tree to you on the back of a bicycle for the same price as tree lots.
Portland’s Trees By Bike service will deliver a Christmas tree to you on the back of a bicycle for the same price as tree lots.
The company is in its second year, and hopes to become a nonprofit.
This year they are donating 10% of revenue to Project Grow, a nonprofit that advocates for developmentally challenged adults.
The prices, which include the tree, range from $32.50 to $50, which he said is competitive with other farms. The trees are kept at the North Portland Farm on North Williams Avenue, so Yule Riders usually only deliver to North, Northeast and Southeast Portland, downtown near the waterfront and downtown Vancouver during the weekends. But with increasing demand, [founder Max] Kirchoff has considered opening up several lots throughout the city next year to serve more areas.
The close-knit Yule Riders shrug off the physical demand that comes with the seasonal job. “Max knows most of the cyclists and knows what they’re capable of,” said Ben Guernsey, a Yule Rider and close friend of Kirchoff’s who is in town visiting from New York. Guernsey had just dismounted after a particularly fruitful delivery — the family even tipped him.
Read more at OregonLive.com.
Read more about Portland’s cargo bikes.
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