This year I'm cycling to save gas and just to maintain a low body weight, as in the previous 2 years I cycled a lot to lose weight and I raced twice. Anyway, I've only saved $61.99 in gas by biking 93 times (406.43 miles) for transportation this year (as of 8-17-06).
One thing I did lately was grocery shop with my Burley Nomad hooked up to my Kestrel Talon. When unloaded the Burley Nomad presents very little drag on the bike and you just can't feel it. Well, I shopped 12 2 liter soda bottles + bread + 2 pack of strawberries as shown in the 2 pictures of my Nomad. This was a somewhat heavy load but the Nomad can take more! Biking home I felt the weight of my groceries and it did take time to accelerate to 16.5 mph. Then I cruised at 18.5 mph going home. I guess I messed up becuase I didn't record my ride with my Polar powermeter. In all, I only saved 35 cents in gas going 2.15 miles round trip. So it would take 850 2.15 mile trips to pay back the cost of my Burley Nomad.
If any of you want a Burley Nomad get one soon because Burley is in financial trouble!
One thing I did lately was grocery shop with my Burley Nomad hooked up to my Kestrel Talon. When unloaded the Burley Nomad presents very little drag on the bike and you just can't feel it. Well, I shopped 12 2 liter soda bottles + bread + 2 pack of strawberries as shown in the 2 pictures of my Nomad. This was a somewhat heavy load but the Nomad can take more! Biking home I felt the weight of my groceries and it did take time to accelerate to 16.5 mph. Then I cruised at 18.5 mph going home. I guess I messed up becuase I didn't record my ride with my Polar powermeter. In all, I only saved 35 cents in gas going 2.15 miles round trip. So it would take 850 2.15 mile trips to pay back the cost of my Burley Nomad.
If any of you want a Burley Nomad get one soon because Burley is in financial trouble!