Category Archives: Yuba Mundo

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#498)

$230 (US) in groceries on a rainy rainy day. Urban Simplicity

The View from My Handlebars and Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#491)

It was such a beautiful day today and felt really good to be on a bike….not too hot, not too cold, sunny, and a slight breeze. Anyhow, here’s a few things I carried in my travels today: Three framed photos wrapped in cardboard and plastic, a camera bag with a camera, a book bag withContinue reading “The View from My Handlebars and Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#491)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#490)

A dough rising bucket containing whole wheat dough. A canvas book bag contain a couple books, a journal, and an electronic reader. A nylon camera bag containing an extra camera and a spare lens. A stainless steel hand-crank citrus juicer. Urban Simplicity.

Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#488)

A nylon bag containing a camera and extra lens, a book bag containing a few books, and a cardboard box containing a few pints of spaghetti-and-meatballs. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#485 & #486)

#485…another bike. #486…$74.65 in groceries and sundries, a full gym bag, and a double order of Chinese takeout. Urban Simplicity.

Art Imitating Life…Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#484)

On the bike….photos of bikes carrying things on bikes being carried to an art gallery by one of the bikes in the photos carrying and being carried by bikes. If you are in the Buffalo area and are at all interested, I’ll have a few photos from the Things That Can be Carried on aContinue reading “Art Imitating Life…Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#484)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#479 & #480)

#479 (above)…a cardboard box containing 3 loaves of freshly baked chickpea turmeric bread, a camera bad containing an extra camera and two lenses, a canvas bag containing a few books and an electronic reader, and an empty dough rising bucket. #480 (below)…six live herb plants, two meal moth traps (’tis the season), and 120lbs/54.5k ofContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#479 & #480)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#476)

Everything needed to do a cooking/bread making class (this is actually the return trip from this post). Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#475)

Various bread baking supplies and ingredients (including about 5lbs. of live starter which later exploded–literally!–in my refrigerator), and a 6qt. professional-grade mixer. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#473 & #474)

#473 (first photo)…a large cardboard box stuffed full of leftover hors d’œuvres on their way to a local food pantry. #474 (second photo)…four boxes–two cardboard and two plastic–containing, among other things, 12 small loaves of freshly baked whole wheat bread, a few dozen grissini (bread sticks), and a few dozen fatayer (Lebanese spinach pies). UrbanContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#473 & #474)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#472)

Nearly everything needed to cater a small party. Including–but not limited to–ingredients, pots and pans, small-wares, a portable stove, and two small canisters of propane.Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#461), a brief story, and a couple comments…

On the bike…a gym bag containing wet clothes, and two bottles of red wine. A brief story…I coasted up to the community center at my usual time (and before I had the wine on the bike and wet clothes in the bag), which is also the time that parents often pick up their kids fromContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#461), a brief story, and a couple comments…”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#459 & 460)

#459 (above)…various home repair supplies. #460 (below)…$99.00 in groceries and sundries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#458), the view from my handlebars, and a brief comment about a Good Samaritan

On the bike…a nylon bag containing a camera and its charger, a canvas bag containing a book and a few papers, and two cardboard boxes containing 5lbs of honey, 10lbs of whole wheat flour, and an entire leg of lamb. The view…is on Allen Street here in Buffalo, NY. What a lovely day; nearly spring-like.Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#458), the view from my handlebars, and a brief comment about a Good Samaritan”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#455)…and a brief comment about the weather

On the bike…more than $100 in groceries and sundries. About the weather…the weather today was fine. Seasonably cold with light flurries; the roads were dry. But what I wanted to mention is something that I noticed…not so much about the weather itself but more so about awareness of it. The reason I mention this isContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#455)…and a brief comment about the weather”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#446)

A book bag stuffed full of books, a camera bag containing two cameras, a classical guitar (my son’s), a laptop computer, and a camera tripod. Urban Simplicity.

Less Car More Go!

Birth of an American Cargo Bike from Liz Canning on Vimeo. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. It’s an excerpt for the upcoming documentary by Liz Canning on cargo bikes in America. Originally called (R)Evolutions per Minute it is now Less Car More Go. In this portion, which marks the very beginningsContinue reading “Less Car More Go!”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#431, #432, & #433)…and a quick comment

I carried these items/used my bikes since yesterday’s “incident.” I road the same route today at one point. I’m shaken but not (physically) hurt…just a small bruise on my stomach and scratch on my thigh (likely from when I was vaulted over the handlebars), and my rib cage is sore (likely from when I hitContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#431, #432, & #433)…and a quick comment”