Soup to Nuts

[Reid]

Non-fiction. Several hours ago.

Roxana has a cold today. At 6PM she ordered chicken soup from local popular restaurant Havana Harry's in Coral Gables.

I volunteered to go pick up the phoned-in order. I used her SUV and cursed at the air when I got to the destination: no place to park, it was so crowded.

Turned around and went home (just a mile and a half) and put on a helmet and hopped on the ebike and went back, at 27-per, back to Havana Harry's where I parked at the front door, got the soup and said to self on the way home, nutz to carz.

 

[LS3Miata]

For city dwellers, I see this as the new future. I for one look forward to it.

 

[Over50]

...I used her SUV and cursed at the air when I got to the destination: no place to park, it was so crowded...

When the weather is nice I would rather stay home than run errands in my car. But I always look forward to using the bike. In the few years since we started using our bikes for a lot of small errands (mostly during the summer), we've redefined "shopping locally". Which is now a few mile radius versus the 10 or so we would do with the car. I can't wait till my Tern GSD finally arrives and I can get a whole load of groceries in one trip (not to mention Home Depot runs, restaurant runs, brewery runs ... ah, the options).

 

[slomoshun]

I have two large panniers on my ebike. When the weather is manageable, I create reasons to go for groceries. It's the same with other travel needs. 30 mile trip, no problem. The only downside is having to keep my abandoned car's battery connected to a Battery Tender®. My 2005 car, purchased new, only has 60k miles on the odometer.

 

[Bruce Arnold]

When the weather is nice I would rather stay home than run errands in my car. But I always look forward to using the bike. In the few years since we started using our bikes for a lot of small errands (mostly during the summer), we've redefined "shopping locally". Which is now a few mile radius versus the 10 or so we would do with the car. I can't wait till my Tern GSD finally arrives and I can get a whole load of groceries in one trip (not to mention Home Depot runs, restaurant runs, brewery runs ... ah, the options).

My wife and I really enjoy the ability to run errands on our ebikes. Grocery shopping, visits to the chiropractor, commuting to our part-time jobs, whatever. We live 5 miles out of town, so at least 10 miles each way. The ebikes make this not only do-able but so much fun!

 

[LS3Miata]

I’m going to a concert tomorrow evening and am going to commute on the CCS. While MPLS doesn’t have what i would call dangerous areas, this concert is in an area of petty crime with a higher chance of theft.

I’ll lock the rear with a U-Lock and the front with the foldy lock. If they get through both of those, at least they worked for it