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| Bicycle hearse created by Wade Lind |
(Scroll down for video) Was your loved one a bicycle lover? If so, you can treat your loved one to a final bicycle ride before being laid to rest at one funeral home, according to a statement released by a funeral home in Oregon.
Wade Lind shows off a 7-foot bamboo coffin at his business, Sunset Hills Funeral Home.
"When a person is inside there, it is so delicate looking," Lind said about the dead in the coffin.
Lind Funeral Home offers eco-friendly burials, which he calls an alternative to cremation.
If you do not want to burn fossil fuels on the way to the bicycle hearse in the United States.
Each year, Lind said, his funeral home sees more demand for these coffins that resemble baskets.
This is a one of a kind creation, and cost thousands of dollars cheaper than a traditional metal coffin.
Sunset Hills Cemetery & Funeral Home, offers traditional funeral products and services.
They also offer a bike as a hearse.
The bicycle hearse took two weeks to design and build, Lind said.
"It took a little getting used to, since it does not handle itself like a normal bicycle," he said. "It's very long, and you have to really think about the turns. And of course, you are carrying it on your back,” he also said.
With 120 pounds of metal and another 150 to 300 pounds of dead weight, the bicycle hearse can be quite the burden. Lind said he solved the problem last fall with an electrified bicycle hearse.
"I added a motor to help me up and down the hills and give you that extra boost," Lind said.
“This is definitely a unique way to be laid to rest. Some people are very concerned about the environment so their loved ones would certainly choose a bicycle hearse to lay them to rest instead of the fuel consuming limo so as not to pollute the world,” Edith Wood, 32, of Dover, New Hampshire told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the bicycle hearse.
The trip and the coffin together cost about $3,500. It is a fraction of the cost of a traditional funeral. So far, Lind has bicycled five bodies to their final destination, and now there is a waiting list.Mobile video not loading? Click here to view