Going Grocery Shopping on a Bicycle

2025-01-16

I've got a car. I had a car for about 4 months now, and I never drive it. For reference I'm currently in college in seattle. Its so easy to take a bus or use the light rail to get places, and I didn't have a car for three years. The only time I was in a car was to go skiing on the weekends in winter. Even then it wasn't my car it was someone else's, and the only reason I got one was so I could be that person carpooling my friends up to the mountain. Getting groceries are a challenge without a car. Most grocery stores are not pandering for people to walk or bike to, even in seattle. My local QFC has one single bike rack, and I could probably tie 5 bikes to it. But compare that to the parking lot right next to it with 100-200 spots, like wtf. Anyways the bike rack never files up so it doesn't really matter. I think going grocery shopping with a bike is a better experience that with a car. For one I buy less because I can only fit so much in a 40 litre backpack (I recommend a hiking backpack from rei). I also don't drink as much milk anymore because hauling a gallon or half gallon of milk is awful.