How I Grocery Shop with my Brompton Folding Bike in the Suburbs [Filmed with Insta360 X4]
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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6:22 The self checkout voice always cracks me up 😂
Move your ... 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓼 ... to the bag.
Great topic! This year I've started taking my 700c bike inside the store with me when I'm not carrying my lock. I've never had anyone say anything. There's even a gas station store I go to regularly (AM PM Arco in Renton by the airport at Rainier and Airport Way) and they seem fine with me wheeling my bike in to buy cucumber-lime Gatorade, peanuts, and milky ways. I did ask first at one store (Wallingford QFC) and got told no. Never tried at a PCC. A few times no problem at different 7-11s when I was really thirsty. Ballard and Greenwood Fred Meyers regularly and no problem - the aisles are pretty spacious. Same with Safeway. I'm careful around the other folks in the store, moving steady and leaving plenty of room.
I brought my brompton into wallingford qfc, did use it in shopping cart mode though
@@wasilimpeh-sl6nnThanks - good to know!
I commute, attend appointments, grocery shop and do other errands by bicycle. I have panniers and a trailer for bulky or heavier loads when needed. My bike folds but it isn't a Brompton. Yes I sometimes take it into the supermarket.
nice yellow colors. I normally get my groceries on Rollerblades
Enjoyed this POV! I'm down in a Phoenix suburb with my grocery store half a mile away. I take the bike unless I'm buying way more items than usual for some reason.
Most people also don't realize how hard short trips like these are on their cars. On a traditional engine, the oil can't even get to operating temp before it's being shut off again.
I've used a bike with a rack and panniers for errands and commuting for 30+ years. Limited bike infrastructure and few bike racks. A long extra heavy cable lock and a couple of Bungie cords.
I do basically all my errands by bike, other than the monthly Costco run. That definitely includes groceries almost all the time, but we don't roll the (full-size) bikes in. Since we have several options of groceries in Northshore which have bike parking, we don't have to worry about the walking-in parts; if both of us are going we'll have two pannier bags and my (large) basket or (larger) hard shell cargo case, the latter being meant for motorcycles but I adapted it.
If it's a big run, I'll hook up the trailer I rebuilt; it's not the biggest - it was meant to carry a kid or a dog - but it's pretty well okay for groceries. The new one I'm building will be somewhat larger and definitely more capable as a cargo cart. :D
We do have a car, but, well, mostly we don't need it. And we definitely do more miles a year on bike - I keep track.
Very nice, Hanoch. This is exactly what I've tried to do this summer for the first time, incorporate my bike more into my daily life, riding to and from the gym for my daily workouts, running as many errands as possible, etc. The only issue with groceries is that it's near impossible for me to haul $150-200 worth of groceries on my bike (Trek FX3 Disc). I need my car for that. I know some people have cargo bikes, but that's not something I'm interested in.
For smaller trips it works pretty good and like you said it's more fun. I've also wheeled my bike right into the store and had no issues, but it is a little cumbersome to wheel around the store with anything more than a couple of items. Still getting that sorted out.
My biggest issue with anything concerning riding is the weather. I'm something of a fair weather cyclist and really don't like riding in the rain, which is obviously a problem in WA. I need to figure that part out as well. I like your rain jacket, so I might have to look into getting something like that. All in all the whole experiment has worked out well, I'm riding almost every day and my cycling fitness is definitely better because of it. Shorter rides but more of them. Saved a lot of money in gas, too, this summer.
Cheers. Enjoy this channel a lot.
If you weenie out, don't fel bad; even at worst where a bike is taken only occasionally is still trips not being taken by car!
Nice yellow video. Nice grips. Pity about the bananascana.
I get my groceries on my ebike sometimes, but I lock it up outside the grocery store and bring in my pannier bags.
I get groceries by bike, do other errands by bike as well as my cycle work commute and other appointments.
I've taken my full bike into places like QFC or the mall in Factoria and I might get some surprised looks (especially in full roadie kit) but no one that matters (staff/security) seems to care. These days I limit my grocery trips to once a week or two where I get all I can and I don't want to worry about my nice bike so I just leave it at home and walk the whole way with a big backpack, about 2km round trip to my closest grocery store so for me that doesn't quite warrant bringing the bike with me.
When it comes to errands, I mainly use my Brompton. When folded, you can bring it to many places. Places that I've encountered that don't allow it are government places that strictly enforce security (like courts for example); museums (though many allow me to check it in); and some places that are even too small to bring in a folded Brompton.
I've also taken my full size bikes into grocery stores around Seattle and never had an issue. I do feel weird about it though so I only do it rarely if I don't happen to be riding the commuter or have a lock on me. The other kinda awkward thing sometimes is the bike can't support itself like a cart. It's cool that with the Brompton you can just fold the back and use it like a little push cart I believe.
@@m3ellis yeah with the Brompton there's always a back up plan. You could just fold it completely and put it in a shopping cart as a last resort as well
I like the CX style dismount and getting bananas to match your jacket and bike color haha. Also re: your concluding comments, I've brought a full sized bike into a busy target in Boston and they never had any issues with me
I usually chain mine up if there's a bike rack outside and use my paniers to shop with. It's been great and it's a lot more peaceful than driving.
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You earned your bananass
How do you like using the X4? Seems like a great camera for recording bike rides.
@@Alistair_Spence I like it a lot! The downside though is that there is a decent amount of post work with reframing but if you're not aiming for top notch resolutions or quality it's a really great flexible tool
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Didn’t get some takeouts from Yea’s Wok? 😂
How do you use your bike for errands? What would you want to see next? What do you think of the low-key errand bike vlogs? Stay dry everyone!!
Maybe if I can convince my wife that I need another bike for grocery 🤣
Would definitely like to see a similar video with full size bike if possible.
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