Odd Bike Cargo

[mimitabby]

here's a really good one, but it's not me.
We have a guy who does cat rescue. He comes to the shelter with cat carriers loaded with cats and kittens tied to his bike, front and back!

[Barb]

I used to carry my tenor sax all the time!!! Think of a suitcase only about 3.5 foot long!!! I just carried it by the handle and rode 1 handed. The rear brake hand of course!!!!

[MomOnBike]

DH and I have taken our instruments, viola (me) and French horn (him) to rehearsal. The viola is bungied onto the underseat rack on my recumbent and rides very nicely there, thank you. The horn rides in a Burley trailer.

Cars give us LOTS of room, especially on chilly nights - and we've laughed about having Child Protective Services called on us for taking our "baby" out in that trailer in the cold.

[CycleChic06]

A case of beer. Not me, but my co-worker who I often ride the T. He gets off the T with this case of beer and then has to ride his bike home from there. It was pretty funny seeing him ride down the bikepath balancing this huge box under his left arm. He said he made it, but almost dropped it a few times.

[lph]

Great stories!

Regina, I am never carrying plastic bags on my handlebars again... I have two root canaled front teeth from doing that when I was 14: turned a corner, stood up to pedal, got the bag stuck in the front wheel and did a faceplant in the asphalt. Major (psychological) trauma

If I have to carry plastic bags I thread them well up my wrist, where they can't interfere with the wheel.

[roguedog]

Hmmm..

I once rode home with my puppy under one arm from the Davis farmers market. Balanced her so her back legs were on my hip whilst I held her front.

hmm...

How bout riding to class with my parakeet on the handlebar. He loved it. he'd get all aerodynamic and hunch down )

hmm..

For those of you with grocery stories.. how bout a watermelon in a doublebagged plastic bag. think it was 7-10 lbs or so.


Hmm..

Anyone been to Asia???? OMG they carry whole families on bikes in crazy traffic.


Oooh i like the xtracycle. I've been wondering how I might combine golfing and biking!

[Aint Doody]

I wish you had a picture of the parakeet! I can just visualize that--how funny!

[alpinerabbit]

A violin and a viola, each in their separate cases. With just a strap around my chest to hold both of them.

[uk elephant]

As seen in my avatar....taking the cat to the vet, in her cat carrier, strapped to a backpack, strapped to my back. As soon as we got off the road with the heavy traffic onto the bike path through the allotments, she calmed down and just watched the birdies. And it couldn't have been too traumatic because she still likes going in the box.

Oh, and doing fieldwork in Botswana I transported three big crates of mouse traps (live capture traps...about 200 of them) balanced on a very clunky old bike...