put a load in your caboose
05-25-14 | 05:31 PM
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05-27-14 | 10:39 AM
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I have considered using a trailer, or otherwise doing shopping on my bike, but I either have to cross a bridge on a sidewalk, or take a road past a sign that proclaims "Targeted Enforcement Area" which is right before the 35 mph speed limit sign where if I drive 45 I quickly get a line of cars impatiently waiting behind me... and no shoulder to get away from the speed demons.
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson
05-27-14 | 10:41 AM
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I have considered using a trailer, or otherwise doing shopping on my bike, but I either have to cross a bridge on a sidewalk, or take a road past a sign that proclaims "Targeted Enforcement Area" which is right before the 35 mph speed limit sign where if I drive 45 I quickly get a line of cars impatiently waiting behind me... and no shoulder to get away from the speed demons.
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
05-27-14 | 11:57 AM
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From: Boston Burbs
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I have considered using a trailer, or otherwise doing shopping on my bike, but I either have to cross a bridge on a sidewalk, or take a road past a sign that proclaims "Targeted Enforcement Area" which is right before the 35 mph speed limit sign where if I drive 45 I quickly get a line of cars impatiently waiting behind me... and no shoulder to get away from the speed demons.
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
I did buy where I did for recreational cycling, but if I ever move again, I will have to consider the ability to cycle to the store as a major factor in my decision.
PS - Right after I bought my house they raised the speed limit to 55 along the road I liked (which means people drive 65) on a 2 lane road, and added rumble strips to the middle of the shoulder.
PPS - Remember, chocolate mile has the ideal ratio of carbs and protein for a recovery drink...
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05-27-14 | 12:42 PM
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From: Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Trailer will fit on the sidewalk pretty OK IF you are carrying stuff, not kids. Also, you can get like a BOB trailer or a single-wide kid trailer or a kid-trailer type trailer that is designed to haul cargo (I think OP's is one of those) that aren't so wide. Big saddle bags or baskets might work.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Slow Ride Cyclists of NEPA
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
05-27-14 | 01:15 PM
#38
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From: Boston Burbs
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A quarter mile huh? Other people huh? I know MY thoughts on that……. You might be nicer than me though (but that IS a long bridge).
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2023 Salsa Journeyer
2023 Rad Rover 6
1980ish Raleigh Marathon (Vintage Steel)
2006 Trek 820 (Captain Amazing) RIP
2010 Specialized Tricross (Back in Black)
2008 Specialized Roubaix RIP
"I'm built like a marine mammal. I love the cold! "-Cosmoline
"MTBing is cheap compared to any motorsport I've done. It's very expensive compared to jogging."-ColinL
Rides:2023 Salsa Journeyer
2023 Rad Rover 6
1980ish Raleigh Marathon (Vintage Steel)
2006 Trek 820 (Captain Amazing) RIP
2010 Specialized Tricross (Back in Black)
2008 Specialized Roubaix RIP
05-27-14 | 03:34 PM
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Hum. You have on prominent display there the very thing that prevents me from doing more bike shopping: milk. And lots of it. Being from Maine I have to assume that the grocery store is farther away than mine and that the milk is stupid expensive, yet you have no issues with just tossing it in the trailer by the gallon like that. How long do you find it to be OK to leave milk, and other perishable or frozen items, out like that before things start to go, well, bad?
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