Quick Small Load Carrying
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True Golden
Dec 14, 2020, 10:38:28 AM12/14/20
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What have you list folks come up with for small load carrying if you don't have rack, basket, bag or panniers on a particular bike your riding at the time?
Perhaps you gave carrying capacity on all your bikes?
Example:
one or two grocery sacks worth.
If I'm on a bike without rack, basket, etc.
I've been using the heavier duty cloth grocery bags available at the likes if Trader Joe's, Whole Food or Natural Grocers.
I find there're easy to double tie and remove from handlebars.
One needs to be careful as to impact on steering.
Balancing out two works fine for me.
Of course I only do this for short trips of 2 to 4 miles or so.
Paul in Dallas
Out on a trip this Monday morning starting at 32 degrees.
Up to 34 now.
masmojo
Dec 14, 2020, 11:29:54 AM12/14/20
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Paul, I frequently stop at the Aldi near Huffines park right there on my way home at the end of a ride. I have a Basket 90% of the time and a large basket bag, but I have done the two bag balance before especially when I was a young scud living in Austin with a minimum wage job. I used to have 30gal. barrel I put all my laundry in and I would balance it on the top of the handlebars supporting it with one hand steering with the other. worked surprisingly well!
Most of my two wheeled grocery runs are with an Ebike these days and it has a large bucket on the bag that will comfortably fit two grocery bags and a bin on the front that holds~ 1 more bag. Generally that's enough
Patrick Moore
Dec 14, 2020, 2:02:04 PM12/14/20
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I stuff wadded-up Velo Retro musettes into my bicycle kitbags. These are well made of thin material, and wad up quite small. They're reasonably priced, and for a few dollars more over stock designs you can get Chuck to print the jpg of your choice. I had Reg Harris at speed, but lost that one; now I have only Beryl Burton in time trial mode. I do have Cinzano and one more stock that I forget.
On my Matthews dirt road bike I augment the stashed musetted with a vert light, ~7 liter rear saddle bag of the Revelate type but not brand -- forget brand. This folds up small but expands rearward and tubular fashion to accommodate a surprising amount of ad hoc extra stuff.
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Patrick Moore
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Jeffrey Arita
Dec 14, 2020, 2:06:08 PM12/14/20
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Paul,
If we need to carry large or small loads we take our grocery-getter. Grocery-getter has mega-capacity (see photo). OTOH several bikes are also equipped with detachable front handlebar bags (Swift Industries 'Paloma' w/ Klickfix adapter) which were/are used for randonneuring.
Good luck!
Jeff
Patrick Moore
Dec 14, 2020, 2:13:45 PM12/14/20
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Forgot to add that on my main grocery bike I usually have a solid rear rack for 1 or 2 panniers of different volumes, Ortlieb Sports Packer in single or pair, or Backrollers, single or pair. But since rack is being customized, I am temporarily using a medium Saddlesack.
The bike has unmounted front lowriders, too,and I could mount the Sackville over the rear rack, so theoretically I could carry, all suited up, 93 liters of stuff. But with the racks I can mix and match.
Ben Mihovk
Dec 14, 2020, 2:30:29 PM12/14/20
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My commuting set up is panniers on rear rack to carry laptop, lighter gloves for afternoon ride home, books, etc... I have a Mark's rack and medium Weld basket and Captain Hook up front specifically for small loads when I'm out on fun rides. For those, the panniers stay home and I use my front and rear x-small sackvilles for flat tools, keys, wallet, phone, snacks. Front rack has come in extremely useful for picking up a few things at the store or to stuff my jacket and gloves if it warms up, etc...
When I want to quickly go get a crowler or two from a neighborhood brewery, I have this six pack cooler that arranges the beers in three pairs vertically and zips at the top. It's the perfect carrying bag for a crowler because it doesn't get as shaken up on my back as it does in the basket.
Ben
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True Golden
Dec 14, 2020, 3:01:25 PM12/14/20
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Two bags loaded coming home from errands.
Got in 10 miles in cool temps.
Paul in Dallas
True Golden
Dec 14, 2020, 3:05:39 PM12/14/20
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masmojo,
I sometimes ride over to that Aldi when I get bored with stores in my area.
Paul in Dallas
Urban explorer.
Michael Morrissey
Dec 14, 2020, 9:32:26 PM12/14/20
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I have one of these on my vintage mountain bike. Definitely BIN! You will bike happy.
Benz Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA
Dec 14, 2020, 10:36:20 PM12/14/20
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I don't like "meandering" loads, so if the bike doesn't have a rack, I'll be a mule, with my XL Ortlieb messenger/backpack, even though I don't like riding with backpacks much (sweaty back syndrome). XL Ortlieb backpacks can swallow quite a bit of stuff, if you take the time to pack them. Let's just say I've been occasionally surprised by how heavy the backpack turned out after a trip to the grocery store.
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