I've carried over 40lbs of groceries tools and random **** on many occasions. I rode a coasterbrake cruiser round trip across my city a few times when my road bike was somewhere else. I build a shopping cart bike out of a huffy, a cart, and a lot of heavy cables. I got an open beer thrown at me from a pickup truck and waterbaloons from some ****ing little kids. I have a pair of rainpants that are way too wide for cycling so I have to put big rubberbands around my ankles. I rode every day through a 110F+ heat advisory that lasted around two weeks.
It was fun
I like hearing everyone elses stories.