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jet-ski wrote:25kg of fruit???
Postby WestcoastPete » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:58 pm
Postby jet-ski » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:01 pm
WestcoastPete wrote:I've been shopping on the bike lately and had my biggest load to date a couple of weeks ago. I had 2 x Tioga panniers (you know the cheap-but-big ones?) full of vegies and groceries, two front panniers full of 12 x 1.2Kg tins of dog food, a 12Kg bag of dog biscuits across the back and a full Carradice Camper Longflap on top of that. Handled beautifully!
One of the downsides when compared with a car is that you can't just throw stuff in; you kind of need to load each bag up carefully. That's why I'm now looking at an Xtracycle platform so that I can just take green bags chuck them in the back...
I'm always amazed by how much I can squeeze into the Camper LF eh. It's often the only bag I have and so it carries whatever I pick up on the way home.
Postby silkishuge » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:13 pm
WestcoastPete wrote:I've been shopping on the bike lately and had my biggest load to date a couple of weeks ago. I had 2 x Tioga panniers (you know the cheap-but-big ones?) full of vegies and groceries, two front panniers full of 12 x 1.2Kg tins of dog food, a 12Kg bag of dog biscuits across the back and a full Carradice Camper Longflap on top of that. Handled beautifully!
One of the downsides when compared with a car is that you can't just throw stuff in; you kind of need to load each bag up carefully. That's why I'm now looking at an Xtracycle platform so that I can just take green bags chuck them in the back...
I'm always amazed by how much I can squeeze into the Camper LF eh. It's often the only bag I have and so it carries whatever I pick up on the way home.
Postby jet-ski » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:16 pm
silkishuge wrote:WestcoastPete wrote:I've been shopping on the bike lately and had my biggest load to date a couple of weeks ago. I had 2 x Tioga panniers (you know the cheap-but-big ones?) full of vegies and groceries, two front panniers full of 12 x 1.2Kg tins of dog food, a 12Kg bag of dog biscuits across the back and a full Carradice Camper Longflap on top of that. Handled beautifully!
One of the downsides when compared with a car is that you can't just throw stuff in; you kind of need to load each bag up carefully. That's why I'm now looking at an Xtracycle platform so that I can just take green bags chuck them in the back...
I'm always amazed by how much I can squeeze into the Camper LF eh. It's often the only bag I have and so it carries whatever I pick up on the way home.
There is a bright side though. You save time looking for a car park. It normally takes me about 15mins to find a parking and up to 10 mins to exit the car park. Bicycle parking only takes 1 min. I usually plan how I pack my groceries while I shop. When I return to my bike, its just a matter of arranging the order of bags going into the panniers. I do alot of shopping online as well, which is probably why I don't really need to drive. I can just imagine cycling home with 2 x 25kg of rye and spelt flourNot that I have seen flour sold in those quantities at any grocery store.
Jon
Postby WestcoastPete » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:43 pm
silkishuge wrote:
There is a bright side though. You save time looking for a car park. It normally takes me about 15mins to find a parking and up to 10 mins to exit the car park. Bicycle parking only takes 1 min. I usually plan how I pack my groceries while I shop. When I return to my bike, its just a matter of arranging the order of bags going into the panniers. I do alot of shopping online as well, which is probably why I don't really need to drive. I can just imagine cycling home with 2 x 25kg of rye and spelt flourNot that I have seen flour sold in those quantities at any grocery store.
Jon
Postby silkishuge » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:53 pm
WestcoastPete wrote:
It adds up when you're trying to shop at various shops instead of the supermarket. On the trip I'm talking about, I went to the pet food shop, then the asian grocer, and then the fruit and veg shop. It was a PITA coordinating it all compared to a car, but I reckon I can get better at it. And now I can justify an Xtracyle, or even a Baekfiet perhaps.
I have a BOB trailer which is good for shopping - just load the groceries straight into the big yellow bag. I was using the Bike Friday to tow it though and I felt that the heavy loads were putting a fair bit of stress on the bottom folding pivot so I've stopped using it. So for now I don't really have a BOBable bike, but one will hopefully turn up soon enough...
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Postby jet-ski » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:57 pm
Oxford wrote:I can't say I'm amazed at how many people do their shopping using a bike, it is a cycling forum after all. But how do people react to you? I find people have this puzzled look such as how is he going to fit it all in that box? Why? And various other expressions. Only had one person say something which was positive saying it was a good idea I had.
I also find shopping on the bike to be convenient as I can park the bike right outside the entrance. No wrestling the trolley through the carpark. Parking was never an issue in suburban Brisbane so no real time saved, just the satisfaction that I am riding instead of driving. I do very little riding nowadays so any excuse to ride, especially utility riding.
Postby Lizzy » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:04 pm
Oxford wrote:I can't say I'm amazed at how many people do their shopping using a bike, it is a cycling forum after all. But how do people react to you?
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Lizzy wrote:This is on top of my work clothes, toilet trees and lunch box,
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