Category Archives: Utility Bike

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#434)

24 live fruit and vegetable plants (including a small blueberry bush) and $32.27 in groceries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#433)

  48 live vegetable plants, 120 lbs/54.4kgs top soil, 2 bags (5 lbs/2.2 kgs each) organic vegetable fertilizer, a jean jacket, 2 lbs/.91 kg brown rice,  2 lbs/.91 kg boneless chicken legs, 3 liters of red wine, a quart of milk, and 1 lb/.45 kg fresh spinach.  Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#430)…and a few comments

A jean jacket, a cell phone, a camera, a small bag of tools, two New York State automobile license plates (more on that later), and four cement blocks. Okay…so this is pushing the limit what what to carry on a bike. These blocks, the best I can figure weigh about 38lbs/17.2kgs each (152lbs/68.9kgs total)….it feltContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#430)…and a few comments”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#429)

A jug of laundry detergent, a full-sized camera tripod, a new pair of jeans, a package of boxer briefs, a package of t-shirts, two bottles of contact solution, four live cabbage plants, four live broccoli plants, four live tomato plants, six live pea plants, two bottles of weed killer, two packages of meal moth traps,Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#429)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#428)

A gym bag full of wet clothes, a half-gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a pint of strawberry jam, and a double portion of Chinese take-out food.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#426)

A cardboard box containing $22.36 in groceries, a gym bag containing wet clothes, a smaller bag containing an extra camera and batteries, five high tension hex bolts, nuts, and washers (more parts for the truck repair), and 3 liters of red wine. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#424)

A nylon bag containing a computer, a canvas bag containing an extra camera, an electronic reader, two books, a journal, a small tripod, and various writing tools; a dough rising bucket containing a small paper bag which contains a smaller plastic tub of homemade gravy; a round tin resting atop the dough rising bucket containingContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#424)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#423)

Payday today, the house was bare with essentials. After a brief steam and swim I ran errands and did some shopping. This is what I carried on–or pulled with–the bike tonight from 4 separate stores:  Two bags of of dog food, $67 in groceries, vitamins, sundries, a bottle of red wine, a canvas bag containingContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#423)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#421)

Two nylon bags, a canvas bag, 3 books, an electronic reader, a pocket Bible, a camera, a tripod, a magazine, a laptop computer, a journal, and various writing implements. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#420)

Four cement blocks and four cement bricks (totaling, at best guess, about 150lbs/68kgs), a 3ft/.91m floor support jack, two new tie-down straps (which were put to use straight away), four new bungees (which were also put to use), 2lbs/.9kg fresh lamb meat, a tin of tomato puree, an Artvoice paper, and a cup of hotContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#420)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#419)

A gym bag full of wet clothes (front rack), a large cardboard box containing $52.54 in groceries, a smaller cardboard box on top of the large cardboard box containing two slices of pizza. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#416)

A cardboard box containing 4 pints of homemade dog food for the pugs (chopped leftover beef scraps), two pints of brown rice and lentils (for me), a couple cooked tilapia fillets (also for me), and a pound of coffee straight from Coast Rica (thanks Nicole!). A canvas bag containing a magazine, a book, a journal,Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#416)”

A Couple More Things (about the new bike)…

While I really haven’t had a chance to ride the new Cargo-T that often in the past week (since receiving it), nor have I carried much on it, I think it will be a good all-around weather bike (aka, next year’s winter bike). When I came out of work this evening–after working a double shift–itContinue reading “A Couple More Things (about the new bike)…”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#415)

A cardboard box containing 10lbs/4.5kg of whole wheat flour; a canvas bag containing two books, a magazine, and a spare camera; a pair of Levi’s jeans. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#414)…and a few comments on the new Bike

On the bike…3 liters of red wine and a gym bag containing wet clothes. A few comments on the new bike…Well, I’ve had it nearly a week and am finally getting used to it. I haven’t introduced a new bike into the fleet in some years and it sort of feels like I brought aContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#414)…and a few comments on the new Bike”

Paint it Black

This is a continuation of a previous post. I love the new color, it is more me; I feel more comfortable on the bike now. I still have not ridden it much…disassembled and reassembled it today to paint it, and now it’s pouring rain. I did find it interesting removing the front and rear wheels;Continue reading “Paint it Black”

Love the Bike but not the Color (mon nouveau vélo est arrivé)

Yep…loving this bike so far but not the color (more on why I purchased this color below). I’ve been in the market for a somewhat inexpensive bike to replace my winter bike (aka…the Mule; aka…my home built cargo bike). This is not to replace the Mundo (which is still my favorite bike); it’s just thatContinue reading “Love the Bike but not the Color (mon nouveau vélo est arrivé)”