Biking to places other than work?

[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...

[FlyingScot]

Unfortunately I was too stunned to get even the make of the car much less the license plate. What's worse not one person in the approximately 12 cars who sat there and witnessed it so much as rolled down their window to see if I was okay. I'm pretty much disgusted with humans right now. But I'm very happy that the damage to my equipment was minimal. I thought about a police report but honestly I have no info to give them other than it was a silver sedan so I'm afraid I'm going to be laughed out the door. I am going to call the city tomorrow to see if they can add another crosswalk at this very busy intersection to allow better access to the bike path I was trying to get to. Our city law requires us to ride on a path if it is adjacent to the street and we can be ticketed if we ride in the street, yet they don't provide adequate safe access. It's probably a losing battle but worth a try I think.

[tulip]

I vote for filing a police report anyways. It may not result in catching the guy, but it could strengthen the argument for improvements to that area.