
Originally Posted by
shootingstar
For instance, living in Ontario..I just found it less hot, humid/awful in the summer, if it was 30 degrees C and humid, to cycle to the store that was a 15 min. walk away instead of walking under the blazing sun and have cars swirl by me. I know about weight bearing benefits, but really I had zero interest in lugging home groceries under those weather conditions.
I got one of the collapsible grocery carts because my husband hates to bike but he'll walk, and the grocery store is 1/2 mile away. Even a small grocery trip seemed to generate some weighty bags that weren't fun to carry home.
2009 Trek 7.2FX WSD, brooks Champion Flyer S, commuter bike