Tag Archives: Things that can be carried on a bike

  A laptop computer, two books, and a Fender Stratocaster (one of my son’s guitars). Urban Simplicity

Things on the bike: (front rack) 2 gallons/7.5 liters of interior house paint, a gym bag full of wet clothes, a canvas bag containing a couple books, 1.5L of red wine, and two tacos–1 fish; 1 tofu–from Cantina Loco. (rear carrier) a 5 1/2 foot/1.67 meter Christmas Tree. A synopsis of a brief conversation whileContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#374)…and a quick conversation”

Front Rack: A canvas bag containing a few books and writing implements; a cardboard box containing a dozen or so over-sized glass Christmas tree ornaments wrapped in paper. Rear Carrier: A 15lb/6.8kg capacity all-steel, hand-crank sausage stuffer; a cardboard box containing two pints of homemade turkey gravy, 5lbs/2.2kgs of bread flour, and three homemade cheeseContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#372)”

A really big Christmas wreath.

A canvas bag containing–among other things–books, both actual and virtual. A cardboard box containing 10lbs/4.55kgs whole wheat flour. A large tin containing 1 gallon/3.7 liters of extra virgin olive oil.

Two cardboard boxes full of groceries.

$62.75 in groceries and sundries.

A large petrol-powered weed wacker.

A full sheet of drywall, cut into six pieces. It’s interesting how things often work out…it really is. Here’s an example. Without going into too much detail, I am about to rehab a room in my house and there’s a section of ceiling that needs to be replaced. It’s only an area measuring about 12Continue reading “Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#363)…and how things often work out.”

#361: Four empty cardboard boxes and a canvas book bag. #362: Four cardboard boxes containing 92 books (which were donated to my favorite local used book store).

$110.27 of groceries, sundries, pet supplies, and other staples in three plastic crates from four separate stores.

A 15lb capacity all-steel sausage stuffer. I was on my way to work this morning carrying the above sausage stuffer and stopped at an intersection. A guy standing there gives me, the bike, and the stuffer a “once over” then looks at me but motions to the back of the bike, “What the hell isContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried on a Bike (#359)…and a quick comment.”

A quilt, a digital food scale, 2 jars of peanut butter, an 8lb bag of dog food, a dog brush, and a denim shirt.

A spinach pizza, a half-gallon of milk, a half-gallon of juice, 2 heavy-duty locks, and a 12ft. tape measure.

A plastic dough bucket, an old canvas book bag containing books and other items, a large paper bag containing two loaves of freshly baked bread, and a smaller paper bag containing two pints of still-warm curried vegetable stew.

A cardboard box containing just-picked concord grapes, and a paper bag containing two modems and an ethernet cable.

A plastic bucket containing 5lbs of whole wheat flour. A cardboard box containing two loaves of freshly baked boules of whole wheat bread (pictured below), 3 pints of soup, and 2 pints of clam chowder. A canvas bag containing a few books and other items.