Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - beer and bikes

ill have it be no secret i love to drink. this is fine i can ride my bike to the liquer store and pick u p a bottle of tequila , rum .... ect. a bottle of wine perhaps. but i am handicaped. why you ask? beer. i cant transport on my bike. witch leavs me walking or taking the car or thinking ahead on driving somwhere. i dont like this. how the hell do i fit a case of bottles on my bike? i can fit like 2 6 packs in my bag if i disgaurd the cardboard carry cases they come in but what about 24 bottles of liquid gold?or my favorit the 12 pack of 24 oz corrona? is there such a bag that would fit this? (without taking out a 2nd mortage? ) or some trick i dont know about? school me please

ride it on your bars

bigger bag. xl baileyworks here, using the straps to hold two vertically stacked 24-packs works great. part of me wonders if i could get a third with those compression straps....i've carried other **** with them.

now that i think of it, i've never tried three stacked upright in the bag, but i'm starting to think that if the compression straps worked, i could maybe get 4 in it. i should test these theories some weekend.

I'm so glad you've posted this because I was going to post the same question yesterday. I own no car and PA's beer laws are ridiculous. You can buy entire cases for twice the price of the same beer as a 6-pack here because of the stupid taxes and whatnot. But all the dispensaries in Philly are too far from my apartment to walk back and forth and I don't know how to work with that much liquid on my bike.

if it's that important, you oughta get a rack or something.

one of the projects i have been planning is to build a beercycle out of an old peugeot ue-8 i have laying around. Im going to use one of those flat rear mounted luggage/crate racks and fasten a large overhanging crate to it using plastic tie-wraps. bungee cords are to hold the beer in the crate, which is big enough to hold any case of beer.

I can fit 2 12 in my crome metro, just ditch the cardboard and everything else in there.

XXL Bailey ftw

I used to have no problem fitting two 6 packs of bottles in my simple jansport back pack, card board and everything. True, the zipper is tough to pull, but it all fits. I think I carried a loaf a bread in there once too.

If you're going for a case, simple answer is a rack. I dont' think I'd want a case of bottles or cans strapped to my back.

I'm so glad you've posted this because I was going to post the same question yesterday. I own no car and PA's beer laws are ridiculous. You can buy entire cases for twice the price of the same beer as a 6-pack here because of the stupid taxes and whatnot. But all the dispensaries in Philly are too far from my apartment to walk back and forth and I don't know how to work with that much liquid on my bike.
thats what im saying. i live in philly as well and while i can go out to numerus corner korean dellies and pay 30 bucks for 12 beers the 2 local despenseries seem just far enough walking with a case isnt easy.(unless i get myself an old lady shoping cart?).

http://www.tariksaleh.com/moscaline/chinabike/sketchbig.jpg

Switch to cans or pony-kegs.

If you're going for a case, simple answer is a rack. I dont' think I'd want a case of bottles or cans strapped to my back.

why not? im not opposed to a rack but it sort of kills the look of a bike. welll sort of unless its that burrly commuter utility type of bike.

I am building a cargo bike for the kegs but I used to ride an old three speed to the store with baskets ont he back it worked perfect 5-18 of bud or what have you was the max before I broke about 3 spokes on some rail tracks never got a pinch flat though

hey get a wald deliver rack put it ont he front and roll man + bungies

rack

althought I have fit two twelves in my bag before -can't wait to test out my pack when it comes muah hahhahaah

the obvious answer is to stop drinking beer and just stick to liquer.

the obvious answer is to stop drinking beer and just stick to liquer.
my employer once told me " show me a man who is easily satisfied and i will show you a simpilton" i am not a simpilton. im liking the xxl bag at the moment.

Buy beer that come in 700ml. That is all I drink lately unless I brew it myself and then it comes in 5gal.

slightly off/ontopic: how the **** did i not crash last night?

slightly off/ontopic: how the **** did i not crash last night?

Alcohol gives people magical powers. It's true. It's in the Bible or something...

slightly off/ontopic: how the **** did i not crash last night?

Twice before I hav'nt remember crashing, Then when my legs were in a lot of pain and my bike was ****ed I realized what had happened.

get one of these:

http://antbikemike.com/Big%20Bike%20Pages/frontal3big.html

You should have a tour or commuter bike to carry stuff.

my employer once told me " show me a man who is easily satisfied and i will show you a simpilton" i am not a simpilton. im liking the xxl bag at the moment.

Did you mean simpleton...

Did you mean simpleton...

I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw some irony there.

Anyway, my Banjo Brothers bag will easily fit a case of beer (still in the box) and it was only $85, shipped. I'm thinking that's among your most economical options.

Or a rack and a big ass pannier.

forget the bags the trikes and the touring bikes

drink 10 then put one in each pant pocket

Think outside the panniers. There are many mail-order homebrew supply stores. One shop in Long Beach regularly shipped to a brewer at the South Pole.

It seems to me... my brethren of the fixi-licious... that the more ponderous question is, not how we carry the hoppy nectar of the gods in our bags... but more importantly... how do we fare when carrying it in our guts??? More than a few nights peddling towards a sobriety that never never comes...

Wald Full Metal Basket.

12 pack of cans plus 1 bottle of wine. problem solved. :)

It seems to me... my brethren of the fixi-licious... that the more ponderous question is, not how we carry the hoppy nectar of the gods in our bags... but more importantly... how do we fare when carrying it in our guts??? More than a few nights peddling towards a sobriety that never never comes...


pedal more and drink the water

pedal more and drink the water

water... water??? does water have alcoholic content... will water give me an inflated sense of my own self worth? Make me hilarious? Make less-than-attractive women seem angelic? tranquilize me with its acceleration of my blood circulation??? Make me presume to fight the biggest muscle heads philly has to offer??? No sir... keep your water... keep it indeed!

Sounds like reason #121123123 to get a trailer. it detaches from your lovely fg when you're finished with it and can be used to haul all kinds of ****.

Think outside the panniers. There are many mail-order homebrew supply stores. One shop in Long Beach regularly shipped to a brewer at the South Pole.

And if you want to go to brick and mortar places, I've definitely carried homebrew supplies (fermenters, i.e. 5 gallon buckets, and a disassembled bottle tree for drying sanitized bottles) on my bike/in my bag.

Not to mention bags of malt and hops that fit nicely in the internal water bottle pockets of the Banjo Bros. bag.

I did break a hydrometer that way, though. :(

beer. i cant transport on my bike. witch leavs me walking or taking the car or thinking ahead on driving somwhere. i dont like this. how the hell do i fit a case of bottles on my bike? i can fit like 2 6 packs in my bag if i disgaurd the cardboard carry cases they come in but what about 24 bottles of liquid gold?or my favorit the 12 pack of 24 oz corrona? is there such a bag that would fit this? (without taking out a 2nd mortage? ) or some trick i dont know about? school me please

Please, a case of beer is nothing if you have a rack on the back of your bike. I transport a 5 gallon thing of water on the back of my bike. You should see the people at the co-op when I strap it on with a ratchet tie and a strap. They think I have lost my mind I think. It sloshes around when I ride and can shift the weight of the bike pretty bad if I am not careful. It is only like 5 miles or so away, so it isn't that bad. It is messing up my rack though. A trailer is another idea to haul ****ttt.

A rack can handle a case of beer with ease.

If you don't want a rack then a large backpack may do the trick. I never tried it. My backpack is pretty big and cheap. You would have to take the bottles out of the case and if they don't all fit, just drink the ones that won't. Simple really. :)

line this (http://www.backcountry.com/store/OSP0102/c3/s8/Osprey-Packs-Crescent-110-Pack-6900-cu-in.html) with a garbage bag and then pour 100 liters of beer into it

you will have to ride with risers okay?

byeeeeeeeeee

Maybe invest in a new bag? Perhaps this will help you figure out how much you can grab in a trip:

Six Pack Capacity Calculator: http://velospace.org/6pc

Cheers!

Did you mean simpleton...

did you mean "?" ? ;)

did you mean "?" ? ;)
zing!

Sounds like reason #121123123 to get a trailer. it detaches from your lovely fg when you're finished with it and can be used to haul all kinds of ****.
I was a-gonna mention this very same notion. You could make one (AWESOME). I have a couple ideas...
Attach it to the seat tube, by cannibalizing one of those trail-a-little-kid-on-a-half-a-bike-behind-yours contraptions.
Make a bracket out of an old frame, using the dropouts to attach it to your rear hub (might need a new/longer spindle, and might not work if your frame has track ends).

Now that I think of it, I have a buddy who is looking for a welding project. I smell some DIY!!!




In addition... http://www.crumplerbags.com/Cart/Resources/CartResources/185_res/b185_o10109_ai118.jpg

Maybe invest in a new bag? Perhaps this will help you figure out how much you can grab in a trip:

Six Pack Capacity Calculator: http://velospace.org/6pc

Cheers!



DUDE THAT IS AMAZING!!!

bookmarked....

this is going to come in handy.


It says the chrome kremlin (3000 cu. in.) can hold 14.4 six packs.

Ok I was just working on this shared problem and ran into something interesting.

http://www.stonesbeverage.com (http://www.stonesbeverage.com/)

It's one of the biggest distributors in Philly and they have trucks delivering cases and whatnot around the city (for a few bucks) all day. The guy said their last truck goes out at 6PM so you'd have to order before then. Just go to the site, check what they have in stock, call up, and order. It doesn't solve the bike issue but it does solve the beer issue. There's supposed to be another service at beerrightnow.com that serves Philly but it seems to be down right now.

Woohoo! Case of Victory Old Horizontal barleywine (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/victory-old-horizontal/624/) on the way..