| Re: Car-free since 11/1/2006!
In article <wLnzh.936489$R63.112829@pd7urf1no>,
"nash" <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net> writes:
> If you can get away with it a milk crate fastened on top of a rear rack
> works wonders.
That's what I'm using, and it truly is versatile.
When the inside is full, you can still hang stuff
on its outside, using bungees or caribiners. It's
especially good for tallish, fragile cargo such as
potted plants -- can't really stick those in panniers.
And I think a milk crate on the back makes a bike less
attractive to thieves.
Of course, panniers have their virtues, too. They
carry the cargo weight down lower so as to not affect
bike handling with the top-heaviness sometimes
inflicted by the milk-crate-on-the-rear-rack config,
they provide some protection from the elements, and
they have flaps to keep stuff from falling out.
And they look more "real cyclist". But they're one
more thing to have to remove from the bike when parking
for any length of time. At least they can serve to
contain all the other removables -- lights, quick-release
seatpost & saddle, computer display head etc.
> They also have collapsible metal carriers that flank the
> rear wheel. Could probably carry a heavy load too.
I'm currently in the throes of designing/building a
cargo trailer out of the discarded skeletal remnants
of a 3-wheeled jogging stroller with 16" pneumatic wheels
(finally getting around to it.) I'm considering integrating
the hitch with my kickstand -- it's the type that clamps onto
both chainstay and seatstay. I've got a coroplast post office
sorting bin that'll serve as the cargo box. I'll derive the
tow arm from the handle of the stroller.
> I have never owned a car.
Me neither. Never needed one. Never needed an
elephant either.
cheers,
Tom
--
Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
|