Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
Grocery hauling typically implies a rear rack, possibly with a side bag or basket. Hauling more than a few pounds of groceries in a backpack gets old. Racks that attach just to the seatpost tend to wiggle around too much for this use, so it's worth convincing yourself that whatever bike you get, can accommodate a conventional frame-mount rack.
Agreed. Here's my 'grocery getter':
There's probably a good 30+ lbs of stuff in the three bags in the above pic.