Yay...bike work!!

For the past few days we have finally been doing what we set out to do...build Project Rwanda coffee bikes! On Monday morning we got into the fabled warehouse and got to work. There were about 600 bikes in the warehouse that needed some wrenching. We divided into two teams: a wrenching crew and a warehouse-stacking crew. One of our major contributions was the re-stacking of the coffee bikes. It seemed that there was little to no care in handling the previously-built bikes. Many of them were more or less tossed into a pile. Our Berkeley brains devised a stacking method that opened up floorspace while preserving the spokes, derailleurs, and brake levers. We worked on these bikes for a few days, slowly but surely working through the warehouse.
On our last day in Rwanda we hoped to finish the job, and we almost did. We got through about 80% of the bikes in the warehouse, and we could've easily finished if we had another day. Achille (our Project Rwanda coordinator) was very pleased to see our handiwork and tried hard to convince us to become expats ;) We considered it after having some amazing Indian food in Kigali. We thought it may have been the best Indian cuisine in the world! It was a great end to our trip. We've seen so much beauty here in Rwanda! We will definitely get some photos out soon.