Biking to places other than work?

[tulip]

With the Bikes At Work trailer, I can hook up my kayak (um, well, when I get one)! I live very close to the river. Cool!

[FlyingScot]

I got my Croozer trailer today!!!! Man that was fast. Unfortunately it got damaged in shipping (thanks Fed-Ex) but I did at least get a chance to look at it in person and it's really terrific. Easy to set up, sturdy and it can be converted to a handcart so I can take it into the grocery store and use it for a shopping cart. No worries about locking it up. It has a quick-release hitch so no need for tools. Fed-Ex (should be Fed-Up Express if you ask me) is picking up the damaged one tomorrow and I should have the new one by Friday. Oh and I got a new job today!!!!! Yeah me! Sorry, I'm a little giddy.

[cyclingmama]

I bike to the gym. Its 2.5 miles on heavy-traffic roads, 3.8 on back roads. It takes me about 12 minutes as opposed to 4 in the car. As a previous poster noted, it just seems wrong to hop in the car and drive to the gym to exercise. On the weekends there are always a few other bikes in the bike rack, but at 5:30am I'm always the only one.

I really want to get a trailer and try grocery shopping by bike, but I usually take one of the kids with me to the grocery store. I would bike to many more places if not for the kids (ages 2 and 5). I know I can put them in the trailer, but to go just about anywhere from my house you have to travel a major road with high speed traffic. The shoulders are wide and usually clean, and I feel totally safe riding that road myself, but the thought of riding that road with the kids just makes me waaaayyy too nervous.

[tulip]

I got my Croozer trailer ...it can be converted to a handcart so I can take it into the grocery store and use it for a shopping cart.

Could you use it like a wheelbarrow in the garden? I'd love to minimize the things I have to buy once I get my house, and if this can double as a garden cart, I'm definitely getting one.

[FlyingScot]

Could you use it like a wheelbarrow in the garden? I'd love to minimize the things I have to buy once I get my house, and if this can double as a garden cart, I'm definitely getting one.

I think you could use it for plants and stuff but I wouldn't haul dirt. The sides are a cloth material that may not hold up well to the weight of things like dirt and mulch. It does, however, easily fold down into about a 6 inch deep package that would fit under a bed (just for reference). Otherwise I think you could do just about anything with this thing.

[FlyingScot]

Got my first trailer, first ride to the grocery store...first time HIT BY CAR! Idiot wasn't looking as he turned into the driveway of the shopping center and plastered me. Bike flipped, trailer flipped but somehow by the grace of God I landed on my feet. I pretty much knew it was going to happen so I managed to uncleat really fast. My new trailer is scraped but no other damage, bike landed in the grass and I don't have a mark on me. The jerk just blew his horn and kept on going. Of course I had feminine protection product boxes strewn all over the place and my sushi fell apart but otherwise all is well and it hasn't scared me off yet. BTW the Croozer is a sweet little trailer. I got lots of questions about it (took it into the store and used it as a cart). It tracks really well and you hardly feel it at all...well okay when it's sailing through the air you kind of notice it!!!

[sgtiger]

FlyingScot, I'm glad you're okay. Some people! Did anyone get his license?

[Blueberry]

Wow! Scary. VERY glad you're OK. Seriously - report that. At least the cops can be on the look out. Did he hit hard enough to have damages on the car? Might make him easier to find. GRRRR...