Originally Posted by
mthayer
I appriciate all the suggestions. The information I was trying to get was how people are car free get their groceries. I am looking to make the trip just once a month to the supermarket so I can load up on meat substitute items. I normally try to keep atleast a months worth of extra groceries at all times. The local supermarket that is a half mile from my house does not have the items that I need or want. That's the reason for wanting to take a 70 mile round trip on a bicycle to get groceries. I have a vehicle and I can drive it to the store anytime I want to, but I don't. I want to use my bike. I drive commercially for a living. I see a steering wheel every day, so I don't want to see one when I am off work. People who know me, know I won't drive unless I have to. I do not like to drive.
Sorry to say that unless you ride the 70 miles there really is no other way but to use a car for those monthly trips. One compromise you could make is to follow our example and shop every three months which would avoid two car trips.
As to other car free people I'm sure that they are forced to use a car from time to time unless they find a store that delivers.
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?