Getting to your allotment (bike)

[kevinp]

Having just got my first allotment  and not having a car any more   I have had to carry everything on the bike and trailer. My allotment is just under three miles away also at the moment no sheds are allowed but there will be storage available in the future, so I really have to make sure I dont forget anything.

Lets see your allotment bikes, trikes, quads or what ever you use, this is my allotment bike fully loaded.

[Wobbly John]

I think my allotment transport has featured on the forum already. However, as you're asking:

I have a shed on the allotment, so for everyday collecting harvest from, and taking compostable stuff to (Usually including a run to the bottle banks too)



For water during droughts:



For large loads - Hossmuck, rotovator, sacks of tatties etc:



Luckily my allotment is less than a mile away.  

[geraldc]

No allotment, but a garden in London, and only limited access to a car means my bike (Yuba) has to do it all.


Taking old pots to the dump.


Transporting fence panels


Hauling green waste


Getting growbags for the tomatoes

[Cudzoziemiec]

Did you actually ride with those fence panels, or just push the bike as a pack horse?

I've seen some outsized loads transported by bike while in India, but usually in push-mode and nothing quite as unwieldy as that. However you did it, well done! 

[Regulator]

I need a cheap allotment trailer for the bike.  Any recommendations?

[mike]

my EBC bob-yak-a-like? havent used it in ages and Mrs Mike woudl probably pay you to take it away (but dont listen to her )

[Regulator]

Not sure if a single wheeler would be stable enough.  I think I need two wheels - and a fairly big trailer.

[mike]

they're quite good...   Mrs Mike hauling logs (wearing my coat.. grr... ):



if you want to try it, it's a nice ride out here to pick it up

[Si]

My lottie bike is having trouble - the old Marin nail was great.  Changed to a GT - ought to have been better but the GT triple triangle means that fitting the trailer hitch is a right pain.  So changed to an old 531 traditional road bike - trailer dead easy to fit but the limited range of gears means that I can hardly get it up the hill out of the garden centre when it's got grow bags in the back.  Luckily the lottie is uphill from the house so getting the harvest home should be OK (assuming that I can stop it at the T junction).

[Welsh Man]

No allotment, but a garden in London, and only limited access to a car means my bike (Yuba) has to do it all.


Taking old pots to the dump.


Transporting fence panels



Hauling green waste


Getting growbags for the tomatoes

Very impresive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!