^^This looks great, cool bike! But why use a B.O.B. when you have an open front basket and rear rack with no panniers?
On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 2:06:43 AM UTC-4 Luke Hendrickson wrote: > [image: image.jpeg] > > Just got a B.O.B.! > > On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 10:20:52 PM UTC-7 Lucky wrote: > >> When it’s more than one bag of groceries I take my Emory Workhorse cargo >> bike with the enormous world-swallowing waxed canvas grocery bag (open, >> below, rolls down like a paper bag) I had made by local bagmaker Brandon of >> CycleCats. Fits A Lot. >> >> [image: image0.jpeg] >> >> On Oct 5, 2023, at 22:06, Brian Witt <brian...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> <E31FE92C-676F-4B06-886F-F0F438D26D0D_1_105_c.jpeg> >> >> so, this is my Giant commuter bike....a series of health 'issues' >> brought me to a place in my life where a 'step thru' was necessary..(.I am >> getting back on the Quickbeam slowly and gratefully).... the front basket >> is a Wald 157, and 'Kitty Litter' buckets with fittings that 'snap' onto >> the rear rack....The clips are by Klickfix, a german company, and I got >> them through velofred.com. he carries a variety of mounting >> fixtures and accessories for bike bags, racks and panniers etc. I have a >> 2 leg kickstand which makes loading the groceries much easier. the clips >> are nice... when i get home i can lift the buckets off the bike and carry >> the groceries into the house...yeah, i know i could paint the litter >> buckets, but i kinda like the look! >> >> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 11:52 PM Alex K <ack...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A recent Costco run! Pass And Stow rack, Wald 139 and a few RokStraps and >>> we're golden... >> >> Alex in SF >>> <0-1.jpg> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 8:43:02 PM UTC-7 aelga...@castilleja.org >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice work Paul! I used to do the exact same thing in middle school when >>>> I had a paper route for the Contra Costa Times. 150 papers balanced on my >>>> handlebars every morning. 😊 >>>> >>>> Ahmed in Redwood City >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 7:37 PM Christian B-H <bei...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> [image: IMG_2959.jpeg]Respect, Paul! That’s genius. I bought these >>>>> durable ortlieb panniers to match my wife’s old bike in pre-pandemic >>>>> commuting times once she’d gotten tired of the sweaty back pack commute >>>>> in >>>>> the summer humidity and while boring, they do a great job! Also a Soma >>>>> Champs Elyse rack up front with Wald 137 and a SimWorks RAL tote have >>>>> been >>>>> awesome! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 7:28:42 PM UTC-6 Paul in Dallas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I know this probably has been discussed before. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you use your bike for such errands what is your method of >>>>>> transporting groceries or other items? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have one bike with a rack and a large Wald basket that can handle a >>>>>> couple bags of groceries but sometimes as I rotate through my bikes I >>>>>> use >>>>>> the method pictured below of tying cloth sacks around the handlebar >>>>>> balancing the load. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think this can be a risky method. >>>>>> >>>>>> I need to find some decent grocery panniers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Today I weighed these 2 sacks in bathroom scales. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dang...36.2 pounds. Glad it was only 2 miles return trip . >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul in Dallas >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1b3b32d0-9525-4e24-8571-0ddb9d1229ccn%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1b3b32d0-9525-4e24-8571-0ddb9d1229ccn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/469c0cc1-c00b-4093-80c6-a7b0a4624738n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/469c0cc1-c00b-4093-80c6-a7b0a4624738n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAB_h%2BLBwP0gCNPBcRRgXQ16nK%3DPuVNU%2BgAVvdfh9JPJESzkhgw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAB_h%2BLBwP0gCNPBcRRgXQ16nK%3DPuVNU%2BgAVvdfh9JPJESzkhgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/48cbc299-ceec-4cb2-8a7c-34b09aea2219n%40googlegroups.com.