Chuck M 

These drawstring bags are cheap enough. I've used one before to carry items on a bike. With the strings slung over one shoulder it rode well on the side of the back or both strings over both shoulders, it really didn't cover as much of the back as a regular backpack does.

https://www.amazon.com/Sliverdew-Dra...1zcF9hdGY&th=1

LesterOfPuppets

I was always more worried about losing groceries, not crashing, when my **** hit the spokes.

If you pedal and steer smoothly you can usually keep the bags steady for a mile or two. Starting off smoothly is paramount.

Fredo76

Don't try this at home!!!

(Wait until you're at the store...)

wolfchild

Nope, it's got nothing to do with Larry...Hanging bags from handlebars is just a wrong way of carrying things,.. Anybody who does it will get criticism.

jadmt

https://bikepgh.org/2020/04/14/how-t...-on-your-bike/

skidder

Another similar option: If you have a metal seatpost, and don't carry a lot of weight, you could also use a seatpost rack with a few bungee cords. A milk crate or basket on the rack works even better.

LesterOfPuppets

I can't imagine how a bag hitting the spokes would cause a crash on it's own. Must've been due to an overreaction to the event, possibly hitting a can of beans with the rear wheel and that kicking the bike sideways? Typically the bag hits the spokes a time or two before the contents of the bag are released and spilled on the ground. Now having that side of the handlebar suddenly lightened will affect steering a little bit, but you should be concentrating on keeping the bars straight anyways, don't freakout about your jar of sketti sauce shattering the pavement, just calmly come to a full stop, figure out how you're gonna pack everything that survived now that you're down a bag.

LesterOfPuppets

OMG, he set that up himself and didn't get one of those mega 4" steerer tube plugs in there? That's way scarier than bags of groceries.

PhilFo 

I don’t know the precise details of the contents of the bag nor the exact circumstances of the crash. Customer came in to the shop with obvious surgical marks on her face, said her bag was hanging from the handlebars and it got caught in the front wheel, causing a crash. When a customer comes in to a place of business after having been through an obviously traumatic event, stemming from participating in the activity which the business is based upon, I don’t start to pick apart their experience for no reason whatsoever. It’s unproductive and also detracts from the customer wanting to get their bike repaired by our shop.

SoSmellyAir

He will blame LBS; watch for next thread.

Pratt

At last! A common sense suggestion. A new bike is clearly a life or death decision here. The above posts indicate you could lose your boyish good looks, or worse if you persist.
Once you get the life saving utility bike, I'm sure you can get good advice on the proper racks, panniers, chain lube, etc.

LarrySellerz

I was a courier for years, you rip the bags so they can’t engage your brakes. The hard part is keeping them from swaying into your spokes, but it’s good practice and refines your bike handling abilities. I used a backpack back then.

I was wondering if it’s accelerating wear on the hoods. Obviously there are other ways of carrying stuff on bikes. I have utility bikes but I’d prefer to commute on something really fast.

XxHaimBondxX

how fast can you possibly be while texting, zooming, youtubing while you ride?

wolfchild

Your fast drop bar road bike is greatly slowed down by having all kinds of bags and other crap hanging from the handlebars and frame. Bike also handles like crap when you have all types of stuff hanging from your handlebars. You would actually be faster, safer, more comfortable, your bike would handle better if you carried all that crap in a small back back or by installing some type of a front or rear rack and carrying everything on a rack.

Shadco 

Please use a sturdy canvas bag instead of plastic.

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LarrySellerz

the spacers get me right in the solar plexus when I get low on the bike. Gonna talk to the shop about it when I take it in for its first adjustment

SoSmellyAir

In addition to posting on BF!

trailangel

Well, if Larry goes down because a bag gets caught up in the wheel, the cheeseburgers will act as a lube for his face, helping it to glide easier over the pavement.
We call that "Saving Face"

LarrySellerz

I am a professional. Won’t crash from something like that

DangerousDanR

Larry:
that new Wilier is a very nice bike, so stop being such a dumbass risking trashing it. I would use a backpack with a frame, but if you don't want to do that, get a good rack.

Surley makes a rack that can carry 80 pounds. You have access to tools and materials. Make some mounting blocks for the seat post and the seat stays or the chain stays. Use Delrin or HDPE so they won't damage the frame. Don't have them clamp onto the frame. Let gravity and frame geometry keep the mounts in place. Then bolt a milk crate onto the rack. Voila!!! 75 pounds of warranty voiding carrying capacity.

By the way, when I used to carry my weekly grocery shopping on a bike I used an external frame backpack that had a nylon frame. Worked great. I currently carry my laptop and shoes to wear at work in a laptop bag.

So do what ever you want, but if you want to have that bike for a while you need to respect it. And hanging plastic bags on the hoods is not respectful.

rsbob 

Found the perfect solution. Buy two of these and hang from shoulders. No sweaty back and you will totally cool. Female not included.


A cool shopping bicycle bag for the styling cyclist

Jughed

Thats right - you don't go pick up a load of mulch in a Ferrari.

Nor would I chain a Ferrari up to a supermarket bike rack, but that's just me.

XxHaimBondxX

Just had this pop up on FB marketplace, I bet it would look great on a $10k bike.

LesterOfPuppets

Carbon bikes with decaleurs are all the rage

KJ43

That's cool. Larry isn't interested unless its someone else's girlfriend/fiancé/wife.