Leebo

A bike. Trash day find, a decent looking rockhopper, sized to of fit my daughter for a winter commuter. 2 big loop straps over each shoulder, 1 hand to keep the pedal from digging into my backside. Took up the whole width of the bike path.

ragnar.jensen 

On the rack: an office chair, a small refrigerator.
In the trailer: a snow-thrower, 36 bottles of champagne.

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Ragnar

hooCycles

Does this double as a deterrent for car cars rear-ending you?

alexaschwanden

Boat Motor oil container and for a bag of weed, I am serious.

phughes

It might have that effect.

CliffordK

• I think the duffels in the first photo were about 100 pounds total. It is a bit awkward with a heavy load.
• 407 pounds in the second & third photos. I need lower gearing for the hills! Too much weight to stop pedalling and walk
• Only about 16 feet in the 4th photo (pipe, and extruded aluminum).

I've also carried a 12' step ladder, I think.
Also carried a cargo bike (not pictured), as well as a tandem.

TriDanny47

Not a commute ride, but I bought a compact telescoping rod and reel so I can ride my bike to go fishing - I like to ride to the local park, about 2 miles, that has a fishing pier, or to a couple of state public access sites/boat launches 3-4 miles away; brought back up to my limit (25) of panfish, mostly sunfish and bluegills. They only flop around for a minute or so when the bag is first put on the rack.

bigbenaugust 

- Fisher-Price play kitchen (in box, on rack)
- Two big boxes of diapers (on rack)
- 8' of PVC (through frame)
- Kettler scooter (on rack)

Since I have picked up a Bakfiets, it's been a little weirder.
- Folding bike and panniers (up front)
- 2 kids (in front) and 2 kids' bikes (on rack)
- 50lb of fertilizer, 50lb of ice melt, and a jug of grass patch

HardyWeinberg

weedwhacker probably.

All kinds of seafood; once had 2 giant Chinook salmon tails flapping in the breeze outside of my pannier as I pulled the kids uphill in the trailer...

treadtread

Rocket booster!

Miele Man

On my MTB. A really big rock that my brother in law couldn't lift. Another time I got my sister one cubic yard of peat moss, some 10 pounds bags of top soil and a few pounds of lawn grass seed. that was all on the rear rack.

Again the rear rack. I used it to bring home a large recliner rocker. I carry a number of Arno straps in a small pannier. They're great for cinching stuff to the rack and unlike plastic buckles the metal toe-strap-like Arno buckles don't break.

I use a rear rack with a center deck to bring home bicycles and wheels. I put the front fork inside the rack, cinch each fork leg to a rack strut with a toe-strap and use a Arno strap over the towed bike handle bar.stem and under the rack deck. Don't even know thatt he towed bike is there when riding.

Bicycle Rescue 1a = Method by Miele Man, on Flickr

Bicycle Rescue 1b = Method by Miele Man, on Flickr

I also used a small Dahon trailer to move my entire apartment in a few trips including the bar fridge.

Cheers

Robert C

My daughter and I got a great deal on some office chairs, still in box. We put the boxes (real big) on the top tubes of our bikes and started walking back to the metro. When we got there I was a bit surprised that the metro police didn't scowl, they just helped us load them in the cars.

The last time I moved I used my bike and bike trailer. It took me several trips; but I wasn't going far. My daughter, who lives near Shanghai, borrowed a cargo trike the last time she moved.

ret3

This past Valentine's Day, I rode home from the store with an oversized, singing, monkey-shaped helium balloon tied to my cargo rack.

jrickards

It wasn't me (really, it wasn't) but when our BBQ died a few years ago, I put it out at the end of the driveway only to hear it wheeling away early the next morning, tied to the back of some fellow's bike.

rmfnla

This all makes me glad I have an SUV.

I often see people biking to the beach with surfboards.

Some have come up with creative racks and others just hold them.

This is best done on a cruzor...

Insidious C. 

I once captured an escaped cockatiel (bird) and rode the two miles home holding it in one hand.

Miele Man

I almost forgot about it. The weirdest thing I ever moved on a bicycle was a 4 feet by 8 feet sheet of 5/8 inch melamine. I bought it at the local hardware store and also bought two L brackets that you uese to reinforce corners. i borrowed a pair of vicegrips at the store and bent the L brackets into J shaped with one hole exposed. using M5 bolts i fastened one J bracket to the left rear dropout eyelet and the other to the front fork eyelet. I then set the long edge of the melamine into the J hooks and used bungee cords from the upper edge of the sheet of melanine to the top tube of the bicycle. i then walked the couple of kilometers home. Steering was simply lifting the front wheel slightly. The guy at the hardware store had called a bunch of employees over to see this guy using a bicycle to transport an entire sheet of melamine.

Cheers

jeffpoulin

A couple of years ago, I rode my bike to a used ski sale. Bought a pair of skis, boots, and poles, strapped them all to my rack, and rode home.

suncruiser

An 80lb battery for my truck. I'll have to find the pictures later

erig007

on the rear rack
-a bicycle
-6 feet tall floor lamps
-20 extra large moving boxes at once (empty)
-2 extra large moving boxes at once (full)
-chairs
-30'' tall luggage
-no parking sign stands
-plants (up to 5 feet tall)
-rolls of 36" tall insulated duct wraps
...

Eric S.

Maybe not a weird item, but weird looking during transport. I got this 62cm Torpado frame on Craigslist for $50 and rode ~5 miles with it across my shoulder/torso.

bendoza

this motorcycle tire and one time a huge tampon dispenser i purchased at a salvage place and brought for use in a public bathroom.

bendoza

I'll have to remember this one. very good idea.

number1bike

Car battery
Peavey 200w amplifier
19" TV set
Another bike
New front/rear 26" wheels
Pioneer SX-780 receiver
Weed-Wacker
Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope

(I have a very strong rack in back)

Eric S.

I've done the car battery thing, though I didn't actually RIDE with it. I just held it on my rear rack and walked the bike to an Autozone about 1/2 mile away.