Well, I tried cooking a pizza from scratch once, but let me tell you - doing that "throwing the dough" into the air thing while riding is *really* not easy...even after that, I went around a turn and my stove and pizza oven fell off the back of my bike...

But seriously I've had Clif bars as a meal once in the Boundary Waters...nothing wrong with them as a mid-ride snack, but as a meal I think a frozen pizza is a step up...

I don't exactly do groceries shopping with my bike, but I got panniers for riding to work with a laptop.

I love the functionality of my wald folding baskets. They can handle more than the rack they're attached to. Sure they're heavy, ugly, and sometimes creak, but, for pure function, they're great. Also make commuting easy as I just throw the backpack with my crap in it, put a bungee net over the top and I'm good to go.

A cargo net on my rear rack is what I use. Can be stretched to fit anything.

For those of you hauling cargo trailers/re-purposed kid's trailers/tag-along's, do you take any extra precautions regarding theft protection when it comes to your trailers? Simply a curiosity...I imagine locking up your bike well enough is, erm, well enough...but do you carry any extra locks or other precautions, just in case? I really liked Sixty-Fiver's setup, but down here in SC someone would be bound to steal the tote off the back. Thoughts/ideas/opinions on trailer vandalism-/theft-protection?

I personally don't, but my used kid trailers are camouflaged as really beaten used kid trailers, so that helps lots. I have seen folks just bend the trailer around (they tend to bend well on the side they attach to) and cable it to their bike and/or rack, at least one wheel of it. Keeps it from walking away.

I think I would only be worried about shopping at the 2nd store with items in the bin from the 1st store (we shop at 2 stores each week to get everything). Other than that I can't see anyone WANTING to steal a heavy@$$ trailer on bike, but you never know I guess.

The logistics of multi-stops are something that trips me up, too. I basically go shopping for different things on different days, but what I want is one of these trailers: https://www.bikerev.com/pg3.cfm because you can padlock them shut.

if i have a trip to make with multiple shoppnig stops
i plan it based on the likelyhood of the items being stolen

i dont worry much about a bag of dog food or barbecue charcoal or a loaf of bread
but i usually leave my trip to the liquor store until last
however theft is not at all a concern where i live

when i lived in the city i dont recall ever having any groceries or anything stolen
but someone did cut the lock and steal my chariot trailer from behind my apt building
although at the time i wasnt using it for cargo so much as to transport my son

I can lock the tote down if I choose with an extra cable... it goes in and out of the trailer in seconds so being able to do this is important so that people do not help themselves to my groceries.

I have a small cooler that can ride in front which is good when I have items that need to remain chilled and some re-useable ice packs.

What the crap, $250 for that thing?? The container itself is just a Rubbermaid box that sells for less than $50. $200 for the other small parts, wheels, etc seems like a huge rip off.

*edit* and it looks like their "hitch" is made from a few dollars worth if air hose quick disconnect fittings

https://www.rubbermaid.com/category/p...age&Redirect=5

I should have known you'd have that base covered, somehow.

I'd love to do grocery hauling with one or more of my bikes. Only now is our local infrastructure starting to really show appreciation for bikes, so in the near future I may very well be hauling loads with my own trailer. Thanks for the tip!

At the stores where I shop, there doesn't seem to be a bad element. I often lean my bike up against the building without even locking it at all, at least at the stores in Millburn, NJ, where average wealth is very high. I go to one supermarket in Newark, a poor neighborhood, and I lock the bike there but not the trailer.

please post pictures when you have yours made

You're mad, man...COMPLETELY MAD!!!!

It's awesome that you can do that without having your rig vandalized/stolen. I'm not even in that bad of a part of town down here, but I guess we probably just have more ignorance per capita.

Yah, the prices are ridiculous - I've been looking into buying my own trailer frame, and just bolting the container to it. But the company has an employee deal with the hospital I work for, to get the trailer for $99.

I think trailers are expensive for what they are because of the low production volume.

I get trailers used on craigslist and at garage sales. I recently paid about $90 for one, which is the most I've spent on a used one.

I got my trailer for 30.00 and had to buy the hitch... it is a very well made 2 child trailer that is normally $300.00 new.

I had another much more expensive child trailer that was in 100% shape and gave it to a friend so he could use it as it was intended.

Sure thing, when my kid outgrows his trailer, unless I decide to pick up another one before then.

I bought my kids's trailer 2nd hand for 75 bucks, but new they're only about $100 or a little more for an InStep trailer. The hitch system is a LOT more sturdy than that little 1/4" pneumatic quick disconnect, and has more range of motion as well. So I could remove the fabric from my trailer, bolt that same box to it, and have a BETTER cargo trailer for less than $125, or even only $150 if using a brand new trailer.

As I said, $250, or even $209 for the frame parts (of which there really isn't much of a frame at all on that particular one linked from bikerev.com) is a total rip off.