Errand bike thread....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey you guys, that's GREAT going!!!

Here is a blog I like that often has entries concerning using our bikes for errands or for hauling stuff around (including kids):
http://carfreedays.com/
It's always got wonderful practical information about 'working bikes'. Some of the past entries are neat to browse through.

Kathi- yes when I had 20 lbs of groceries on my 35 lb bike, I sure could feel it handle differently too. I noticed it the most when getting up my steep hill at the end of my grocery run. On the flats the extra weight wasn't as noticable- I was slower though, and the bike wanted to tip over more easily when stopped- something to watch for.
20 lbs of goods was definitely my limit for now, since it makes for a 55 pound total of food and bike, and my hill is pretty steep. Not going to weigh my own butt, not going to go there.

Since right before Thanksgiving it seems like everything has been conspiring against me to keep me off my bike. It's been VERY cold (like teens and 20's), or else snow/sleet falling, or else high winds like yesterday and today (causing major power outages here), or else I needed large amounts of heavy food, or else I had a work deadline that made the extra time involved undo-able that day, or else.....well you get the picture. I think it's been mostly the unusual cold and sleet though. Decembers are usually in the 30-40's, not the 20's. I am not happy about it.
DH was brave and did an errand by bike today- but he's pretty tough, and fast on his bike. Plus he didn't have to haul anything home.

Now we need a ton more of cat sand, so I'll have to take the car again and might as well load up on other heavy things while I'm at it.

I love to read about everyone else's biking errands though- keep it coming!