Life without a car shopping

Iain Clark from Cycle2Job has sold his car and is living car free. This is his first shopping trip to Waitrose on his bicycle. Will he fit everything into the bag on his Brompton bike?

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bicycle
• cycle to work
• carfree
• car free living
• without a car
• Waitrose cycle trailer
• Waitrose bicycle trailer

[boudrmi]

Just wondering if you could let me know which bag you have for the Brompton

[Cycle2Job]

@boudrmi It is the Brompton T Bag set

[WOODRUFFAPTS]

Only one bottle of wine? That's hardly worth the trip!

[Cycle2Job]

@WOODRUFFAPTS Just wait until I get a trailer! Will load up the wine. However, the wine is from Waitrose so it's quality vs quantity.

[TyberiusOSU]

Keep it up!

[gokiburi666]

You can use a "grandfather cart" to pull the groceries home.. at least, that's what we call them over here. It's a cart on two wheels with a very deep basket that you drag behind you (like dragging a suitcase through an airport). You can put loads of stuff in them and wheel it back to your apartment - which is easily doable if you live within about 1 km of a supermarket.. and if you have more stuff than the basket holds you tie the bags to the handle. I use one all the time - easier than a bike

[karlgw]

Why leave your precious Brompton outside the shop - just partially fold it (rear triangle underneath, front wheel folded back and seatpost dropped but handlepost still upright and with bag attached) and use it as a shopping trolley! The first time I did this I expected to be challenged by the staff (of Waitrose) but no one batted an eyelid. I have since regularly taken it like this into many supermarkets and have never been challenged (although some customers and staff have asked me about it).

[MrKuntly]

You should save the environment by going "air free". Just put a plastic bag on your head and do us all a favor.

[zeezeegloo]

I find that larger amounts of hard liquor can be placed in a knapsack if required. Or over a long weekend small children can be bribed with chocolate and candy to carry the extra liquor. Its quite a sight to see 3-4 local children with giant bags of liquor running behind a drunkard on a bicycle.