Photo of the bike you use to pick up your groceries
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Flower Box
My wife and I needed to spruce up the flower pots on the front porch, so we pedaled to the local nursery last Saturday.
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This is my do-it-all Ironman. Hauled a 50lb bag of cement on top of the bars last week. Grocery bags I just dangle off the end of the bars while I try to stop them swinging into the spokes.
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I've been spamming this all over the forums, but it's evolved. Mounted 35mm Paselas, added a Wald 137, got an Acorn Basket Bag, wrapping the tubes for protection when locking and now I'm slowly adding lights - put a Spanninga Pixeo on the rear fender the other day. Four bags on board.
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I've been spamming this all over the forums, but it's evolved. Mounted 35mm Paselas, added a Wald 137, got an Acorn Basket Bag, wrapping the tubes for protection when locking and now I'm slowly adding lights - put a Spanninga Pixeo on the rear fender the other day. Four bags on board.
Shopper mode
Shopper mode
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Gorgeous! A shame to have to cover some of the paint and decals, but I understand why -- bike racks are dangerous places.
I spy a "seat sandwich" for putting a 4-wire saddle into a 2-wire seatpost. I forget who made those, Joe Breeze maybe?
Thanks for the excellent photo.
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I spy a "seat sandwich" for putting a 4-wire saddle into a 2-wire seatpost. I forget who made those, Joe Breeze maybe?
Thanks for the excellent photo.
Mark B in Seattle
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Gorgeous! A shame to have to cover some of the paint and decals, but I understand why -- bike racks are dangerous places.
I spy a "seat sandwich" for putting a 4-wire saddle into a 2-wire seatpost. I forget who made those, Joe Breeze maybe?
Thanks for the excellent photo.
Mark B in Seattle
I spy a "seat sandwich" for putting a 4-wire saddle into a 2-wire seatpost. I forget who made those, Joe Breeze maybe?
Thanks for the excellent photo.
Mark B in Seattle
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You might have brought this one into the coop, eh?
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Raleigh Twenty at Trader Joe's in happier times. (Plastic bags courtesy of Market Basket/Demoulas)
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More of a b-double-e-double-r-u-n beerrun bike.
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This is my dirty work bike – grocery getter, winter beater, errand runner, urban rider. Not pretty but it doesn’t have to be. My third Mirada and they’re unkillable. Gotta get a new basket for the left side as I smashed the old one during an unanticipated high-speed evasive maneuver that took me too close to a low-lying brick wall. Due for some new tires and a general cleaning too…
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I live in a small town with the grocery store only about one kilometer away. When I need a few things from the store and the roads are clear of snow, I use my Norco town/shopping bike. It is about a
late 80's or 1990 vintage. I completely rebuilt it. The folding pannier shopping bags are fantastic, but alas MEC discontinued them.
late 80's or 1990 vintage. I completely rebuilt it. The folding pannier shopping bags are fantastic, but alas MEC discontinued them.
Tires, please.
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Har. Assuming you're not being sarcastic, one is a cheap Walmart tire, one was on the bike when I got it. I made good on my post and finally cleaned up the Mirada last spring, got a second Wald basket to replace the missing one and put on some Vittoria AdventureTech tires. Man, what a difference real tires makes...
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In the past, I had a rack on a mountain bike with some old Cannondale panniers.
Since building this last winter, it gets the most grocery miles of my bikes.
Since building this last winter, it gets the most grocery miles of my bikes.
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I use my Drop-bar MIELE MTB or my MIELE UNO LS (adapted to a touring bike) for getting groceries and other stuff.
Drop-bar MIELE MTB with 10 eighty liters totes.
Converted MIELE UNO LS to touring after I used it to bring home a dehumidifier.
I put the four panniers on that MIELE UNO LS when I want to do a big grocery shopping trip.
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Drop-bar MIELE MTB with 10 eighty liters totes.
Converted MIELE UNO LS to touring after I used it to bring home a dehumidifier.
I put the four panniers on that MIELE UNO LS when I want to do a big grocery shopping trip.
Cheers
Cheers
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Har. Assuming you're not being sarcastic, one is a cheap Walmart tire, one was on the bike when I got it. I made good on my post and finally cleaned up the Mirada last spring, got a second Wald basket to replace the missing one and put on some Vittoria AdventureTech tires. Man, what a difference real tires makes...
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I should probably try to shop a little lighter next time:
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Thank you for an excellent thread & beautiful bikes.
This is the current grocery/ commuter/ tourer/ trail bike: a 2001 Koga Miyata Terraliner {that had been neglected & needed work and replacement components). Parallel 71-degree steel frame: by this time Miyata sourced/ produced these tig-welded frames in Taiwan.
It's certainly lacking the elegance of the earlier lugged Japanese-made KM bikes - the top and down tubes seem out of proportion compared to the seat tube and spindly seat stays - yet the bike rides well, with the relaxed geometry producing no toe overlap, even with fenders.
Clearances for 42mm tires, dynamo lighting, wide-range 3 x 8 gearing make a versatile bike, and it carries a lot of weight without any trouble.