A trike plus a shopping cart plus milk crates plus buckets and assorted "green" bags and you can take it all with you.Spotted on Bloor Street West near Palmerston. (Click on the photo for a better look)
Labels: cargo bike, oddities, Toronto
What's not to love about fall colours?
Labels: cargo bike, fall weather, Toronto
On quite possibly one of the last sunny Saturday's of 2009, I made a quick trip to St. Lawrence Market to shop for a BBQ.
First on my list was a crate for the rear rack of the Globe bike I have on loan.
I spotted a stack of small crates at one of the vendor's tables. Not surprisingly, I was the first person to ask to buy a crate from her. A few dollars later and I had a wooden crate... then a whole bunch of dollars later and I had lamb's shoulder from Rowe Farms, some asparagus, sweet potatoes and an apple strudel.
Bungee cords and a wooden crate are all it takes to turn your bicycle into a grocery hauling vehicle:
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Labels: cargo bike, fall weather, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto
The kind folks over at Specialized Canada have loaned me a Globe bike to ride around town for a couple of months. I'm starting to take a shine to the upright riding position and I'm looking forward to finding things to haul around on the huge rear rack.
Here's my new ride:
The built-in rear light has three settings; the third one I like to call "dazzle":
This rack is so huge that I'm tempted to call it a trunk:
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Labels: cargo bike, Globe bikes, Haul, Toronto