It's hard to beat the big Ortlieb rollers for groceries. Just grab them and load up. I like putting bread and chips on the very top, so it will just barely buckle. This week I had probably 40 lbs in them on the front rack- it had so much inertia that I actually moved the quill stem about 15 degrees when I pulled into my driveway. The stem must've been a little loose.
On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 4:12:52 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Waiting for Chauncey to deliver the new (God willing) Riv Road clone, with > custom rackset, I've been reduced to shopping with my 1999 Joe gofast with > Camper Longflap. Today's ride was an extended detour to the nearest > Sprout"s and local grass-fed, free-range meat/egg Keller's. > > I'm sorry, but certainly the Camper LF, and even the Large Sackville, is > no match for big Ortliebs when it comes to serious grocery shopping. I > filled up the CLF at Sprout's and had to use the Velo Retro musette (I keep > 1 stashed with the tool kit for each bike) for the ~3 lb of various > sausages, 1 lb gr beef, and 2 personal-size packs o' chips. Fortunately, > home is 3/4 mile from Keller's. > > With just rear Rollers -- the setup on the new bike will allow for Sports > lowriders in addition -- I could have carried it all with a great deal of > room to spare, and the bike would have been far less top heavy -- holding > 6-pack in right hand as I kept hold of bike with left, I had the bike 3 > times fall over on its side due to weight imbalance, in the checkout line, > as other shoppers looked on diapprovingly. One-hand rescues in each case, > and the drawstring neck prevented spillage, but still, not conducing to the > air of effortless mastery that I like to project. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6a67e7fa-94fd-4ec6-88de-76557d7e67f3%40googlegroups.com.
