Nah, you’re nobody without a milk crate strapped on the back. Fix it on right, and you can fit panniers as well. The only downside to the classic crate is that it’s not big enough for bulk toilet paper AND a handbag. Hence the need for a hitchable trailer as well. The best of which can be detached easily enough to use as a shopping cart inside the shop and then just hitched up and go when done. Also allows for transport of squashables like iced cake and the like - which doesn’t survive well in panniers and/or crate.
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Nath@aussie.zone 1 year agoA rear rack and paneer set will carry a decent amount of cargo. Probably enough for a single person’s weekly shop.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
stepchook@mastodon.au 1 year ago
@Thornburywitch @Nath
two metric milk crates. One on either side? You win - detachable shopping cart sounds great if you can afford to accessorize. Front handle basket for squashables!Taleya@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I have the ol crate but I’m eyeing off this… get a couple and I can literally use the MIK to tow 'em upstairs when I drop the bike off in the garage
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Fortunately the Aldi insulated bags fit nicely inside a milk crate with room for slender handbag too. The colesworth ones are a bit wide and the ends get squashed so can’t be packed as tight. This is my go-to at present - fill up bag in shop, zip it up then sling in the crate and go. Keeps things chilled too - at least for a short distance. Also my local fish & chip shop containers also fit very nicely in an Aldi insulated bag. Which keeps them sizzling hot for the journey home. What’s not to like?
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 year ago
yah, but I also go buy a ton of shit at bunnings. Likes to tear up the baggies, it does, and boxes pile up unecessarily. The basil crates have nice bases that don’t let things slip through.
stepchook@mastodon.au 1 year ago
@Nath @Thornburywitch
An Australian unit of measurement that applies here is the milk crate. a bottom end attachment for a bike carrier will carry one persons weekly shop. attach with cable ties or similar. Wife sold our Yuba brand Boda-Boda cargo bike. I still commute with pedal power.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 year ago
saag paneer?
stepchook@mastodon.au 1 year ago
@dumblederp @Nath
Squeaky cheese. Yum!