Pedex car-free tip of the day.........

[pedex]

Never ever haul liquids in your bag unless they're properly wrapped in a plastic bag as well. A 2 liter bottle of soda with a slow leak can make a real mess !!!

[Roody]

Good tip.

Can we all play?

[jim-bob]

Never ever haul liquids in your bag unless they're properly wrapped in a plastic bag as well. A 2 liter bottle of soda with a slow leak can make a real mess !!!

But at least it all stays in your bag, sloshing around and getting everything it can..

[pedex]

But at least it all stays in your bag, sloshing around and getting everything it can..


Oh ya, and I noticed bags dont come with drain holes or a drain plug either !!! My chromebag is one of those double bag deals, so most of the mt dew leaked into the second part of the bag thru the inner bag and sloshed around in there for like an hour, still made a big mess. I got super lucky I wasnt hauling any stuff for my clients at the time.

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@Roody, sure anyone can play :)

[genericbikedude]

I once loaded my bag (reload vintage 2000) with ice and beer. I rode it 10 miles to a party in the woods in Santa Cruz with narry a drip, except when I went over bumps and the water would slosh out of the little holes that occure in the sides of an overstuffed mess bag.

[swwhite]

Never ever haul liquids in your bag unless they're properly wrapped in a plastic bag as well. A 2 liter bottle of soda with a slow leak can make a real mess !!!

I thought I noticed on a post some time ago that you have a Chrome bag. Theoretically, you could have poured it back into the bottle if you had a funnel.

[Slow Train]

How about this:

I used to have a problem carrying leftovers in for lunch. The cheapo plastic containers always leak. I always carefully wrapped them in a separate plastic bag or small lunch container so they never spilled onto to my clothes. Still who wants have their lunch stuck to the inside of a plastic bag?

Now, whenever I cook, I simply freeze the leftovers. No more leaks and I always have a lunch ready to go as I head out the door!

[Grimlock]

I learned to double-wrap all liquids after I had a bottle of chain lube 'splode last month. It covered all my books (making for a quick read?).

[thomson]

yuck!!

I did have a milk gallon leak in one of my panniers on a simple supermarket trip. I now ask them to bag the milk.

[Roody]

Now, whenever I cook, I simply freeze the leftovers. No more leaks and I always have a lunch ready to go as I head out the door!
What a great idea! I'm going to start doing this myself.

I'm also thinking about getting some of those hard clear plastic bowls with screw tops. They're expensive, but that tupperware gets pretty funky after a short time. Also it seems like the screw tops would be more secure in the bag or pack.

[attercoppe]

I'm also thinking about getting some of those hard clear plastic bowls with screw tops.

Those...what? Do you have a link to them?

[Roody]

Those...what? Do you have a link to them?
No but they're very common, you can find them at Kmart or Meijer's or wherever. I think they're called Nalgene? Cyclists know them because I guess they make water bottles too. They don't get stinky like tupperware or rubbermaid. But they cost like 6 or 7 dollars for a small one.

[attercoppe]

No but they're very common, you can find them at Kmart or Meijer's or wherever. I think they're called Nalgene? Cyclists know them because I guess they make water bottles too. They don't get stinky like tupperware or rubbermaid. But they cost like 6 or 7 dollars for a small one.

I live in too small a town to have a Kmart or equivalent. I am familiar with Nalgene water bottles. Do some research on Nalgene bottles, especially #7 type plastic. It's thought by some to cause harm (brain damage?) when used extensively (due to leaching chemicals).

[thelung]

Here is a tip a lot of people probably already use: carry some extra strength painkiller in your bag. You will be glad to have it when you manage to sprain your ankle, it swells to twice its normal size, and you are miles from home... :(

[Caspar_s]

If you carry shopping bags on your handlebars, make sure the bags don't have holes. Oh, and plastic bagged milk (3 pouches for a gallon) bounce without breaking when they fall through the shopping bags...

[matt_savvy]

something else down this alley...tofu comes packaged in water, and when you overstuff your bag with food, something invariably pushes into the clear plastic on top of the tofu container and gives you a nice mess.

[gemini]

A bottle of shampoo and a laptop computer in a backpack. Wiped the laptop many, many times over afterwards. The thing works ok and does not feel slippery, but I think it would foam if it ever got wet.