Help a n00b with grocery shopping
09-17-11, 06:08 PM
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Success! First grocery trip done and it was a breeze... besides almost falling over in the parking lot after loading up the groceries.
09-17-11, 07:19 PM
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yeah getting going (or wheeling the bike around to where I can get started is always my hardest part, too
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with experience it will be come easier. My grocery getter bikes all have double legged kickstands to help with the stability. They also make a steering damper that goes from the down tube to the back of the headset to help hold the front straight while you are loading. Small items but well worth the investment.
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09-24-14, 09:22 AM
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Ok so lots of great options here as usual. How about packing and breakage? Eggs, gallon of milk, potato chips, etc. How to get these home on bumpy roads.
Suggestions?
Thanks y'all !
Suggestions?
Thanks y'all !
09-24-14, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob 
Dry bag is also dry empty , which helps.
You like putting your stuff in a bag with water in the bottom of it already, do you?
09-24-14, 08:35 PM
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I bought a Timbuk2 Catapult for eggs and bananas. Front basket=broke eggs. Rear rack=broke eggs. Folding rear baskets=broke eggs. Not always, but a lot of times. Bruised bananas, always.
I open the egg crate stuff a plastic grocery bag longways between the two rows of eggs, put in messenger bag and ride. 100% success. Haven't broke an egg or bruised a banana yet.
It also holds a six pack of tall boys. 5 pallbearers carrying one dead.
09-24-14, 09:11 PM
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I bought a Timbuk2 Catapult for eggs and bananas. Front basket=broke eggs. Rear rack=broke eggs. Folding rear baskets=broke eggs. Not always, but a lot of times. Bruised bananas, always.
I open the egg crate stuff a plastic grocery bag longways between the two rows of eggs, put in messenger bag and ride. 100% success. Haven't broke an egg or bruised a banana yet.
It also holds a six pack of tall boys. 5 pallbearers carrying one dead.
I bought a Timbuk2 Catapult for eggs and bananas. Front basket=broke eggs. Rear rack=broke eggs. Folding rear baskets=broke eggs. Not always, but a lot of times. Bruised bananas, always.
I open the egg crate stuff a plastic grocery bag longways between the two rows of eggs, put in messenger bag and ride. 100% success. Haven't broke an egg or bruised a banana yet.
It also holds a six pack of tall boys. 5 pallbearers carrying one dead.
09-25-14, 11:05 AM
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Eggs survive on bikes amazingly well. I have more of a problem with bread getting squooshed.
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09-25-14, 05:54 PM
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I've got the bread problem solved. I'm on a low sodium/exercise routine per doctor, keeps me off of BP meds. Then the American Heart Association lowers the recommended sodium levels to 1500mg/day.
I buy the low sodium Ezekiel 4.9 bread. From the supermarket freezer section. No squish.
I buy the low sodium Ezekiel 4.9 bread. From the supermarket freezer section. No squish.
09-26-14, 05:20 AM
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I solved the bread problem a long time ago... bake my own! Sometimes I cheat and use a bread machine, other times I use the bread machine just to mix and knead, then bake it normally.
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09-26-14, 07:28 AM
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I've been baking bread for 15 years or so. I go through periods of baking twice a week and then don't bake for months. The bread machine taught me how to knead by hand; I had never done it before. Now when I bake, I let the machine do the mixing, and I always shape it myself and bake in the oven. I don't like the bread baked in the machine as much.
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09-28-14, 08:26 AM
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I've been baking bread for 15 years or so. I go through periods of baking twice a week and then don't bake for months. The bread machine taught me how to knead by hand; I had never done it before. Now when I bake, I let the machine do the mixing, and I always shape it myself and bake in the oven. I don't like the bread baked in the machine as much.
I go through periods of bread inactivity, then other times I will bake weekly. I also love the flavor of homemade pasta, again it seems to run in cycles. Our main bread use at home is rolls or biscuits.Aaron
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RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
09-29-14, 09:25 AM
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Folding basket pivot clips are cheap and bendable as noted. I have replaced all of mine with pairs of appropriately sized zip ties. Works better, they are tighter and quieter and have lasted over a year so far.
I use rear plastic buckets and they are rigid and specific size but don't leak and hold delicate stuff without squishing. Plus folding baskets on the front racks, and a 'big' package tied or bungied to the rear rack. None of the kool clip on/off panniers or baskets are in my price range.
I have 4 little velcro straps from somewhere [like off extension cords] I use to hold the basket to the front rack that have lasted for months so far. Improvise or pay for the 'good' ones. JMHO...
I use rear plastic buckets and they are rigid and specific size but don't leak and hold delicate stuff without squishing. Plus folding baskets on the front racks, and a 'big' package tied or bungied to the rear rack. None of the kool clip on/off panniers or baskets are in my price range.
I have 4 little velcro straps from somewhere [like off extension cords] I use to hold the basket to the front rack that have lasted for months so far. Improvise or pay for the 'good' ones. JMHO...
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