Friday, Monday and today I rode my bike to Jefferson City to do the grocery shopping. I timed it today--it takes 35 minutes to get to the store, with the little detour to avoid the part of 11-E with no shoulder, and 30 minutes to get back (same detour, but I don't have to cross 11-E to get to it, also the store is a bit higher than my house). Since it would normally take about 10 minutes each way by car, that's 65 minutes' workout for 45 minutes out of my day, which isn't bad.
Monday I came back with a gallon of milk and a 2-liter of pop, which, along with a few other thises and thats probably came to about 14 pounds of groceries; it does seem to make climbing the hills a bit slower. The folding panniers are working fine now.
Monday I came back with a gallon of milk and a 2-liter of pop, which, along with a few other thises and thats probably came to about 14 pounds of groceries; it does seem to make climbing the hills a bit slower. The folding panniers are working fine now.