I carry everything in a backpack. I do my grocery shopping at Costco in the truck so whatever I pick up at the store is usually last minute items or small things. I don't like panniers coz I didn't like the feeling of the bike's weight shifting everytime I came to a stop and leaned the bike to put my foot down. But I'm probably more the exception than the rule.
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07-20-2006, 09:56 AM #1
I love headwinds! Really?
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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07-20-2006, 09:59 AM #2
I like bikes
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I have a pack on t he back of my raleigh bike but when i got my new
Bianchi my husband groused about putting that stuff onto the new bike (too much weight) so I ended up trying a back pack and to my surprise, I like it a lot! it's not like hiking with a backpack, you hardly notice it is there!
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07-20-2006, 10:03 AM #3
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I have panniers similar to those that DivingBiker posted. GREAT for shopping. Be sure to balance your load.
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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07-20-2006, 10:22 AM #4
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I have the REI bags - they work fine - Performance also has them and they were just on sale - plus the performance ones have a reflective stripe - which I covet because the reflective tape always falls off of rei ones. I commute at night from teaching a night class and I use them for carrying books etc as well as groceries.
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07-20-2006, 12:40 PM #5
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Nashbar grocery panniers tend to dump your groceries, so be sure to get some bungie cords to strap them on. I gave my Nashbar bags away and use my regular panniers for groceries. Backpack would be okay for a short distance (for me).
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07-21-2006, 08:29 AM #6
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Grocery trips are what inspired me to get my Xtracycle, beckause I got tired of not being able to buy as many fluids as I wanted. It's turned me into a "bicycle lifestylist" (which is kinda easy in these parts - it's a bike-friendly culture)
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I'm also really klutzy about load distribution ... falling down at 4 mph is embarrassing
It doesn't happen with this baby. that weight swinging around that happens iwth panniers doesn't happen (okay, it did with the above load!) because it's still in front or beside the wheel.
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07-21-2006, 09:57 PM #7
I want to ride my bicycle
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Thanks girls! I love the xtracycle- saw one on ebay last week but can't lay down the cash. Maybe I will win the next one...
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