I try to keep about two gallons of reserve in case of disaster. It's going for around $100/gallon for the light/fancy these days. Thankfully, it's one thing I never have to go without. I also get amazing organic veggies and meats. My wife bakes and with my welding we have most of it covered.

Thanks, the tandem was really fun to build. I guessed on the steering geometry and thankfully it has wonderful steering and even though we aren't an experienced team, we did our little test ride just fine. I still need to get saddles and matching tape for the rear and may be some extra brake hoods for the stoker. I think it's longer than the usual tandem but I wanted her to have room to read if she wants. I have a trip planned upstate late in the summer..