Wet and sloppy grocery run!

[Deacon Patrick]

Oh the joyous delight of the everyday ordinary revealing the holy extraordinary! Grin.

The plan was to dodge thunder storm waves and pick up a bulk order that just came in at noon (what happened to early morning deliveries?!). So I left as that pea-sized hail was diminishing. Nice steady rain for the first thirty minutes to the store, then it stopped. I arrived at the store, and three employees hauled out my load to me. Gadzooks! You know you’re in for a packing challenge when three people portage your groceries out to your bike when you arrive!

The rain started up again, and I realized I forgot the large Shopsack. The case box of 15 doz. eggs would have to ride naked on top of the rack, exposed to rain from above and wet, sloppy mud from below (the Shopsack doesn’t zip closed over them, but put upside-down protects them nicely. I had to repack the Sackville panniers once to get things to fit and be balanced. Then I strapped the eggs on top using doubled Irish straps x2, snugging them with a horizontal strap around the seatpost for lateral stability. Between the fully loaded panniers widening the rack platform and that third strap, I was amazed how stable it was.

I LOVE riding in the rain! What a downpour! More sleet and hail, and sheer delight in the glorious muck. With all that weight and the well softened CR21 mud, I had to take things fast enough not to sink too deep and slow enough to keep control — which was a small window of “just right” that changed with the inconsistencies of the mud road.

The egg box survived the trip, was soaked through and will never be useful in box form again — but it gave it’s all to get those eggs home five miles jouncing through the rain. Grin.

Next time I’ll time it to hit the storms, though if I do that I’ll miss them completely, and why would I want that??!! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

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[Patrick Moore]

Photos, please, and a precise weight record of your load. If it wasn't greater tha 45 lb, then I beat you. And this on a 11 oz Fly, on a light tout 531 racing frame (1973 Motobecane Grande Record), and I grunted this load up a 4/10 mile long very steep hill (gauging hills by the downhill, coasting only, whoo hoo speed, this one is a 40-mile-per-hour hill) in a 67" gear; so I am very great and wonderful.

Seriously, photos of Shopsack and Sackville panniers will be appreciated.

And: what sort of rain cover do you use on your person? I like capes, not that we need them often in 9" per year citywide average abq.

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[Deacon Patrick]

I estimate 80 pounds (eggs are thirty, plus 25 per pannier). I have no concept of weight though, as I estimated the eggs to weigh 15 pounds before hopping on the scale).  This is tied for my biggest load (I've done three 25 pound turkeys plus a few extras that equaled this). No photos of this run, but here are two photos. One showing the shopsack strapped to the top of the rear rack, and one showing the egg carton and panniers, packed less full than today.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/albums/72157669333519896/with/26901901533/

Just one wee hill on the way home, which I took in my 38x34, I'd estimate half a mile and 45-50 mph downhill. My fun with hills comes on the way to the store, as the whole 5 miles there is uphill. Grin.

I did delight (not for the first time) in proving my existence at the "speed check trailer," which is positioned on a climb in town and only registers things going 15 mph or above. 18 mph! "I exist!" Grin.

For this rain I just wore my single layer ventile jacket (water resistant, not water proof like my cotton analogy ventile). It did great though and kept me completely dry in this.  Here's the link: http://www.hillgear.com/acatalog/copy_of_Windshirt.html

Here is the fully waterproof cotton analogy jacket I use bikepacking and all day rainy rides:

http://www.hillgear.com/acatalog/Liathach-Cotton-Analogy-Extreme-Smock-.html

My basic speal on ventile: It keep you dry from the inside and and outside! meaning you can sweat and it breathes, but keeps out the water. Single layer: keeps out the water until a bit seeps through, but in general I just wear a t-shirst under it and that nearly eliminates the wicking effect. The Cotton Analogy has an additional liner (and thus weights 2x as much and twice the bulk) that acts like the fur coat of an animal, meaning it uses capillary action to actively push moisture (vapor and liquid!) out to the outer layer. Amazing stuff! Keeps my dry despite day and day of rain (critical when bikepacking at near freezing temps in the rain). 

With abandon,

Patrick

[Patrick Moore]

Obviously I am completely outclassed.

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[Deacon Patrick]

Nah. The Hunqapillar makes the man. Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Deacon Patrick]

Here are shots of the two ventile jackets. https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/albums/72157668960378292/with/27411432702/

Best jackets ever. Period. I've tried every type of system. Got soaked in every one, either from the inside (sweat), the outside (rain), or both. Until ventile. Perfect for -20˚F up to 60˚F with any and all adverse weather conditions (wind, rain, sleet, wet snow, dry snow, arctic temps. Just regulate with various layers underneath. Good to go! Grin. 

With abandon,

Patrick

[LeahFoy]

I'm amazed, I tell you. There should be a prize for this! 15 dozen eggs?!? And all arrived home whole? You win!

[Deacon Patrick]

Ha! Yes, eggs are fortunately tougher than we give them credit for. They survived some fairly jouncy roads and singletrack (for eggs). No mandatory scrambled eggs for dinner! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Steve Palincsar]

I agree about Ventile. Within its range, it's great - and not just as a
rain jacket. Ventile jackets look like perfectly ordinary lightweight
jackets, only they happen to be incredibly water resistant. The trouble
is, when it's 70 or 80 they're too warm. I imagine on their home turf
that's seldom a problem.

[Deacon Patrick]

I agree, Steve. At 70˚F and up if it's raining I'm happy in hat, t-shirt, shorts. What do you wear in rain at 70˚+F?

Round these parts (Colorado mountains) rain falls (pun intended) into to categories:

-- quick, cool, refreshing. Blown in and through and cools you down wonderfully and the sun is out in 10-20 minutes. No jacket required if starting temp is 70+ Even in the mountains with limited view of the sky, these squalls are easy to see and know there is no need to don a jacket.

-- Instant shift of seasons from summer to late fall or early spring. No matter the starting temp (90 even) the temp plummets to 40-50 and it can last from 30 minutes to the rest of the day or even several days. This is what ventile is for. Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Steve Palincsar]

On 06/06/2016 09:57 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote:

I agree, Steve. At 70˚F and up if it's raining I'm happy in hat, t-shirt, shorts. What do you wear in rain at 70˚+F?

O2 Original Rain Jacket.   At 70 I unzip the zipper much of the way for ventilation.  Light, cheap and pretty decent in warm weather.

[Deacon Patrick]

Ahhh! Yes. I SO wanted those to work when I tried them. As you say: light and cheap. For me, if I looked at a tree branch wrong, they suddenly had uncontrollable ventilation. If I so dared brush against a branch, I left half the jacket behind. Sardonic grin. At which point, if it was 70˚F and above, I'd be back to my t-shirt, hat, and shorts. Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Chris Birkenmaier]

Wow! That is a lot of eggs! 😬

[Deacon Patrick]

It's our weekly egg buy for our family of six.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Patrick Moore]

Yes, it is. We demand to know, exactly how many eggs do you eat in a week

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Chris Birkenmaier <cbirk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow!  That is a lot of eggs! 😬

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[Lungimsam]

I don't think he was eggsaggerating when he said 15 dozen.

He only brought home as many as was eggspected.

I can't believe the store would shell so many to him at one time.

Wonder if they had any eggstra left on the shell-ves.

Patrick is an eggspecially hard boiled rider, though.

Too bad he was yolk-ed with such a heavy load. Hope his frame isn't crack-ed.

But he would never fall over-easy.

I don't know if actual daily intake will meet your eggspectations.

But look at the sunny side.

[Deacon Patrick]

You basted it! Though I'm sure those of us here who rise to the art of the pun will see some of these are poached. Still, I'd not call you a Benedict. Grin.

Actually, the most amazing thing to me about the ride is the bananas arrived without being squished.

Patrick of the Moore: you've got all the raw data. Time to start calculating! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Steve Palincsar]

You're really egging us on here, but I know it's only a yolk.   I'm disappoionted you didn't mention anything about how things would have gotten scrambled had he fallen over-easy, and the editorial style would never have made it to here:

[René Sterental]

HA HA HA HA!!!

Eggcellent post!

[Paul]

Well, if there were pics of that adventure they could go in your albumen.

Paul in Dallas

Adding to the groaners.

[Deacon Patrick]

Cuticle! Eggs and puns are vitelline to life!

With abandon,

Patrick

[Deacon Patrick]

Reusing this thread's electrons despite today's run being dry and 65˚F. Per popular demand, I took a photo of before loading and after loading, though you can't see the sweet potatoes the size of houses because of the angle my moron photographer used. Sardonic grin. Most amusingly, as I was finally packed and heading off a woman wanted to know if I was really delivering eggs and was a grocery delivery service. "Yes! To my house." She just stared at me as if it was alien to bike to get your own groceries, but normal to pay someone to deliver groceries to you by bike. That's when I decided to stop puzzling about 4-way stops. Sardonic grin.

Pics prove that even when the wife calls in more than she told you about when you left, there is a way to make it all fit, mostly without squarshing the bananas. Grin. (scroll one photo left for "after" loading and significant head scratching).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/27651740054/in/dateposted-public/

With abandon,

Patrick

[Lungimsam]

I think at this point you need to raise your own chickens ;) 

[Chris Birkenmaier]

You live in the most beautiful area!  I'm stunned every time I see your photos posted.

[Deacon Patrick]

Yes, Chris, we are blessed with amazing beauty here. Even the "mundane" grocery runs are spectacular, and only get better as we ride further.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Michael Hechmer]

Well Patrick, my ride yesterday was nothing like yours, but I did enjoy it immensely.  It featured one of my favorite short loops through Vermont's back roads -paved, dirt and gravel - with woods and rolling farms. Utterly beautiful.  It is only 17+ miles but does include 1100+ feet of climbing.  Yesterday's ride on the tandem included both temperatures and humidity in the mid eighties, a chain that did not want to visit the little ring, a swarm of flies that preferred hitchhiking, and a flat tire.  But when we crested the highest point and turned south for the return part of the trip a delightful breeze came up to cool our faces.  It came up, and up, and up.... until we were pedaling hard to get back down the hill.   I have to admit, it did not occur to me to be grateful I wasn't carrying 80 lbs of groceries!  Thank you for helping me remember that blessing.

Michael

[Deacon Patrick]

Any time, Michael! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick