I've been exclusively bike commuting for a few years now, but I've been looking at cargo bikes for the last couple of months solely for my weekly groceries. Decided today to just go for it with my regular old bike and it turned out just fine. Turns out there isn't a single regular errand I can't complete on my bike.
Any tips on how to buy eggs though? Little too scared they'll break lol
by atrink
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i wouldn’t do a full on cargo bike, not unless it could be one of multiple and only for when needed.
Don’t have anything meaningful to add, but that is a great packing job you did on groceries transporting on your bike.
You can carry alot of stuff with a regular bike, but the ride feel of a fully loaded longjohn is great (low center of gravity, more flex with heavier load), of a regular bike not so. packing and unpacking is realy easy too.
if its worth the premium you have to decide for your self. i‘m a victim of n+1.
I put my eggs separate in my backpack and none of them broke.
Maybe a backpack for eggs. Or even put them on a bag of chips or something padded
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How many people are you feeding and how often are you shopping?
Small/medium handlebar bag! I use a Swift Industries Zeitgeist, although I’m sure cheaper options exist.
Eggs, and anything else small and fragile go up front. All of the bulky junk goes in the (metaphorical) trunk.
You put a few of the more fragile wares in a backpack. Then slow down a bit to avoid getting too warm.
That’s a great cargo bike you have right there 🙂
I’ve carried eggs in Ortlieb panniers multiple times without trouble. I just pack them carefully/near the top. Eggs are really pretty durable – just channel your inner 5th grader doing an egg drop competition for school.
I do eggs on a front rack. Just get one w high sides or a milk crate
Having a cargo bike that is an ebike would help with the added weight if you wanted to use it for more things.
Just put the eggs on top, I’ve only had a single egg break
>Any tips on how to buy eggs though?
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That’s how I carry them on my recumbent trike.
You can get a trailer if all you want to do is increase capacity on a weekly grocery run.
Cargo bikes with electric motors have the greatest advantage when you have to bike uphill, carry children, or go long distance, or any combination of those things. I have a long tail “cargo bike,” but your set up here plus a trailer would carry an equal amount of cargo.
Cargo bikes are just a highly versatile tool for eliminating cars from your lifestyle. If you can accomplish that without spending the money, then more power to you.
I was considering a cargo bike for groceries and I got a cargo trailer instead. I enjoy the flexibility of being able to quickly convert between a cargo carrier and a commuter bike.
If you’re a bit handy with bicycle mechanics and basic metal fabrication, there are instructions for putting together a hand built Xtracycle. You need a regular rigid frame MTB and a Y frame full suspension MTB. The rear wheel of the rigid moves to the rear frame of the Y. You need to fab the connection between the pivot of the Y and the rear dropout, and fab a rigid link where the shock was to the MTB frame.
Cheap and not that time consuming. Not as much cargo capacity as “real” cargoes but more than what you have.