Last night I had to go out again after doing the laundry and took my bike. On the way home I realized I needed to get a few items and did. It may not seem like much, but since I bought the bike I haven’t been using for errands. Yes I’ve commuted to work. Yes I’ve done some weekend adventuring (defined as riding around town slowly, seeing things I’ve never noticed). Yes I’ve used it to go to meetings. But no, until the last couple of days I hadn’t used it for shopping (other than for more bike stuff).
What have I learned?
1. It’s easy and doesn’t affect the bike much at all.
2. Bike racks in Honolulu simply suck. The grocery store I was at last night didn’t even have a bike rack (even a bad one). I had to lock up to the cart storage area.
3. It’s hard to lock and unlock a bike at night when you have melting Popsicles®.
Aloha!
Slower, cheaper, less useful…