Originally Posted by
Rail
Sorry to get existential about the topic. I see the joy of using the Xtracycle. I know I could get some serious grocery shopping done with it powered by human calories instead of using the car which is available to me. Yet someone else on the other side of the world or on the next street over is forced to make this same trip by bicycle and wishes he had a machine to do it.
I never want for groceries and don't have an Xtra cycle. Of course I have a grocery/department store/bank all in the same building on the way home from work, so even if I don't need groceries I'll drop in on the way home to deposit checks and see what they have on the clearance tables.
Originally Posted by
Rail
Am I exploring a different question? What equipment/weight would be reasonable to you if the bicycle was the ONLY transportation available to you? Maybe it's the same answer.
Same answer for me. My other options are taking two different buses to get 3.8 miles at a cost of $2.20 a day or skateboarding or walking/running.