trailers and hauling heavy shit

[LoneBiker]

For those of you who have panniers or a trailer, whats the heaviest, or most awkward thing you have ever transported on your bike? my top 3 would be a pair of wheelramps, about 20lbs a piece, jammed into my childcarrier trailer, about 45lbs of dog food from the local grocery store about half a mile away. then there was the time i bought a 7ft inflatable kayak from a yardsale in kokomo. we were busy deflating it and strapping it to the top of my rear rack and pannier(thankfully i had both so the surface area was wide enough) when the yard sale person asked how far we were going. i said casually 'only a few miles' A FEW MILES!!! was the suprised response. the good part is what i kept to myself, that my friends house was a few miles away, that was where we were parting, me howevor, still had 14 miles of riding til i got home. But i had absolutely no traffic problems, having a giant yellow squarish blob on the back of my bike, passing traffic could see little more than my shoulders and head!

let me know the best story you have about hauling shit

lonebiker

[JRA]

One year, we had all our christmas decorations stored. Came time to decorate the apartment and our car decided it was a good time to go on the fritz. I figured it might take two trips but it wasn't too far away so I went up the hill to get the stuff. I had one big box and two other stacked on top of my rear rack. The pile was higher than my head and heavy enough so that the front wheel was somewhat unweighted. Made it back to the house in one trip though.

[kennbenny667]

A few years ago I was on the way to go backpacking with an uncle. He was transporting his buddy's touring bike up to his summer place for later use. Anyhoo the car broke down, we loaded up the front panniers with some rations and rain gear, and he then proceeded to ride me on the rear rack for about 8 miles. I weigh damn near 205 and neither the rack or frame suffered any damage.

[LoneBiker]

Wow, i weigh a little less than 160 and ive always been afraid to sit on mine, but thats a great story, reminds me of all kungfu or karate movies fimled in china, you see all sorts of peoples riding on the backs of bikes, on what look like super heavy duty racks.

[jonassterling]

My old VW was always breaking down leaving me to junkyard scrounge on the bike. I remember getting an alternator and shoving it in the messenger bag. I was rackless at the time. That damn thing was heavy. I had about a 10 mile ride home. Had to stop and switch shoulders at least 4 times.
I bought a fan an shroud from another junk yard. I walked out to my bike with it, and looked back at the office trailer to see the 3 old guys milling around in there all at the windows seeing how I was getting home on that damn pedal bike and that big-ass shroud. At the time timbuk2 still made their big-ass tag junkie which I owned. I slipped the fan in , adjusted the strap, unlocked the bike and was gone in under a minute. I still remember the look on the old coots' faces.

[Andy in Wi]

Beer! 30 or more cans of beer aren't light, but got hauled anyways. Wheels, frames, 2 loads of laundry and citrus-based detergent, groceries, anything just about can fit in my Kremlin. My heavest haul was a computer montior, done without aid of a rack or a bag. I caught a show at a bar, so I was without bag. My town bike was not equipped with a rack, either. Well, after the show, I was heading towards Drunk and Disorderly liquors when I got the urge. You know, the kind of urge that results in public urination. While violating the law, I noticed that a nearby dumpster (I was in an ally) contained a rather nice looking 17" sony trinitron (branded Dell) monitor. I pulled it out and found that everything was intact and the monitor was not blemished at all except for an extremely tiny scratch on the glass surface. There were no other marks, cracks, and the unit was devoid of the 'charred electronics' smell. So, somewhat drunk, I took it home. The screen faced front and rested on the handlebars, putting the weight almost completely on the handlebars, making my task of balancing the damn thing easy. My arms kept the beast from sliding around, and the rear end rested on whichever leg was up in a pedal stroke. 16 blocks and many gazes from the blend of confused barhopping yuppies and confused neighborhood residents later, I found I had a fully functional 17" monitor.
Sweet!
-WiBA

[hairygrump]

This was in a messenger bag, so it doesn't really count, but it was awkward as you please:

1 G3 blue/white desktop
50' ethernet patch cable
1' poster tube (empty)
2 legal pads
2 40 oz bottles (Miller High Life, the ultimate recovery drink)

Famous last words: "2 trips? **** you, 2 trips."

[LoneBiker]

ira that dumpstered monitor story kicks ass, i love dumpster diving. the most unique and strange thing ive probably ever found was when my local kmart was remodeling into super capitalistic kmart, the dumpster behind contained the receiver and P.A box that played the kmart radio station inside the building, it was something else.
Oh and i like your famous last words hairy grump