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Brian Huntley
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On Dec 19, 4:45 pm, [email protected] (Tom Keats) wrote:
> In article <%G9aj.4776$Vg1.3211@trndny04>,
> "ilaboo" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > what i do is only buy very small amounts of groceries and hang them on both
> > sides of the handle bars--yes i know it can be dangerous but i am only going
> > a total of 4 blocks
>
> > fwiw
>
> If you've got a dozen eggs in one of those
> shopping bags, you'll end up bashing them
> to death.
>
> For practical urban errand riding, I find
> a milk crate on the rear rack is pretty
> tough to beat. It even has advantages
> over panniers, such as elbow room for
> sprawly fragile stuff like plants, and the
> capability of transporting pizzas lying flat.
> You don't have to take it in the store with
> you, and there's little worry of it getting
> stolen when left on the bike. The main
> disadvantage is in how high, rearward weight
> affects bike handling.
I use a pair of 'Bike Buckets' for grocery getting (as well as
touring.) They're very easy to make (see http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Buckets)
and give a flat top surface for pizza or bulk purchases of toilet
paper, etc.
I considered modifying them to attached more permanently, but decided
that the ability to bring them into the store and use them while
shopping outweighed that. When I use them as in-store baskets, it's
very difficult to over-buy. I suppliment them with a backpack and some
canvas reusable bags (which take the top-of-buckets position instead
of the TP, when I need them to.)
> In article <%G9aj.4776$Vg1.3211@trndny04>,
> "ilaboo" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > what i do is only buy very small amounts of groceries and hang them on both
> > sides of the handle bars--yes i know it can be dangerous but i am only going
> > a total of 4 blocks
>
> > fwiw
>
> If you've got a dozen eggs in one of those
> shopping bags, you'll end up bashing them
> to death.
>
> For practical urban errand riding, I find
> a milk crate on the rear rack is pretty
> tough to beat. It even has advantages
> over panniers, such as elbow room for
> sprawly fragile stuff like plants, and the
> capability of transporting pizzas lying flat.
> You don't have to take it in the store with
> you, and there's little worry of it getting
> stolen when left on the bike. The main
> disadvantage is in how high, rearward weight
> affects bike handling.
I use a pair of 'Bike Buckets' for grocery getting (as well as
touring.) They're very easy to make (see http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Buckets)
and give a flat top surface for pizza or bulk purchases of toilet
paper, etc.
I considered modifying them to attached more permanently, but decided
that the ability to bring them into the store and use them while
shopping outweighed that. When I use them as in-store baskets, it's
very difficult to over-buy. I suppliment them with a backpack and some
canvas reusable bags (which take the top-of-buckets position instead
of the TP, when I need them to.)
