Grocery shopping by bike can be as simple as a college student slipping mac ‘n cheese and instant ramen into a backpack or a retired couple picking up bike baskets full of fruits and veggies at the farmers market. Then there are the heavy-duty bike shoppers, filling grocery carts and big panniers to feed a whole family. You can find them at any grocery store, but to catch the superstars in action, head to big box stores like Costco.
Meet Jenny and John. She’s a C-level executive at a global tech company. He’s CEO of a commercial real estate company. Together they have four hungry children, from school-aged to teenagers. All six work up an appetite riding bikes to school or work every day, so weekly grocery shopping is not a lightweight job. But for John and Jenny all it takes is a trailer and overstuffed panniers to bring their SUV-sized load five miles home.
Truth in reporting here: In June, John rode 3020 miles in 11 days, 21 hours in Race Across America (RAAM) so he’s not your average hardcore rider. He’s an animal. And Jenny? She’s riding the electric-assist Specialized Turbo that she rides every day up the hill to Stanford Research Park so she doesn’t sweat in her work clothes.
But don’t take my word for it when I say you don’t need to be superhuman to be an extreme bike shopper. Check out the bikes in the slideshow, and keep an eye on the bike rack at your local warehouse store.
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