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She had the weight of the world on her rack....

What's the craziest/biggest/heaviest thing you've carried via bike. How did you do it? Would you do it again? Discuss....

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 21, 2013 at 5:25pm

That rig looks familiar.  Do you ride down State Street a lot?  I usually pass a trike on my blue Surly with a yellow pannier.  I make occasional trips to Trader Joes for 3-4 jugs of their apple cider and some other groceries that totals maybe 30 pounds or so.

Gene Tenner said:



Gene Tenner said:

Last night I brought home a new TV and a 20 pound bag of birdseed on my trike.

Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 21, 2013 at 6:03pm
Awesome!
I would have felt so smug if that was me :)

Anika said:

This was the beginning of December for us.  My husband had the brilliant idea of going to Costco for groceries before grabbing a 7ft Christmas tree.  That is a 50lb bag of sugar on the top of my rack.  One kid went on each bike for the ride home. We got lots of strange looks and plenty of clearance from passing cars.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 21, 2013 at 6:23pm

Everyone passes me, the slow trike rider. That would be me. I travel State from North Ave to work at State and Erie and am most gratefull that I have a Trader Joe's 2 blocks away. Say hi next time. I am friendly.

Tricolor said:

That rig looks familiar.  Do you ride down State Street a lot?  I usually pass a trike on my blue Surly with a yellow pannier.  I make occasional trips to Trader Joes for 3-4 jugs of their apple cider and some other groceries that totals maybe 30 pounds or so.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 3, 2013 at 2:58am

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 3, 2013 at 3:03am

I caught a squirrel in a cage like that. I put it in a trailer (a POC Bykaboose I think) and rode about  1 1/2 miles east to let it out at Dvorak Park.... but the cage was empty when I got there (for all I know it got out before I even left home...)

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Had a chance to top off my smugness tank this morning when I walked out the door with my bike and noticed that our live trap had a rabbit in it. Changed my bike to the Halsted and rode the bike down the lakefront. Released the rabbit near the golf course. Hope he makes lot of friends there.

Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on April 16, 2014 at 12:47pm

August 2013...45lbs of Pots & Pans

Permalink Reply by Eli on April 16, 2014 at 12:56pm

Last December. Sorry, I'm not much good at night-time photography.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 16, 2014 at 4:04pm

Going home from the south loop Home Depot with super long pieces of wood to my downtown condo.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on April 16, 2014 at 4:11pm

impressive. I hope you didn't impale anyone.  What streets did you take? How did you do it?

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Going home from the south loop Home Depot with super long pieces of wood to my downtown condo.

Permalink Reply by dan brown on April 16, 2014 at 4:37pm

bike jousting !!!!  love it

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Jaik - 4.3mi said:

August 2013...45lbs of Pots & Pans

great use for a surly !!!! nice

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 16, 2014 at 6:11pm

Thanks. Lee Diamond suggested I put safety flags on each end. Not one single incident whilst traveling down Canal to Washington and then Wabash.

Had to unstrap the bungees from the bike in order to feed the lengths through the front door, into the lobby and then up 8 flights of stairs and finally twisting them into my unit. FUN

Julie Hochstadter said:

impressive. I hope you didn't impale anyone.  What streets did you take? How did you do it?

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Going home from the south loop Home Depot with super long pieces of wood to my downtown condo.

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