Local shopping by bike with half a cat basket

Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.


Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.


So I did. http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...-a-cat-basket/

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

There are lots of other bike ideas there. (a solar powered one, a
shopping cart one etc)


Whilst Im at it; a couple of sites I found amusing might also tickle
someone's
fancy here (-:


http://www.bikesatwork.com/hauling-c...-capacity.html


(from; http://www.bikesatwork.com/bike-trailers/ )


and that from an excellent source of bike related amusement (IMO)
http://www.rideyourbike.com/cargo.html


By comparison, my shopping aid is considerably more modest.

Aquachimp,

That's a great, ingeneous thing you've made.

What exactly is a cat basket? Is it used to transport your cute, littl
cat? If so, have you ever taken the feline for a ride?

Thanks for the links, too.

Regards,
Cullen

On May 17, 10:39*am, aquachimp
wrote:
Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.

Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.

So I did.http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...with-half-a-ca...

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

There are lots of other bike ideas there. (a solar powered one, a
shopping cart one etc)

Whilst Im at it; a couple of sites I found amusing might also tickle
someone's
fancy here (-:

http://www.bikesatwork.com/hauling-c...-capacity.html

*(from;http://www.bikesatwork.com/bike-trailers/)

and that from an excellent source of bike related amusement (IMO)http://www.rideyourbike.com/cargo.html

By comparison, my shopping aid is considerably more modest.

In article
,
aquachimp wrote:

Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.


Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.


So I did.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...-a-cat-basket/

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

That is clever, but my lovely bride objected to my plan to halve the cat.

I kid, of course! We only have a small dog. And she really didn't want
that bisected!

The pretty basket in that Instructable is cute, but the mother of all
DIY bike luggage is definitely the square plastic bucket saddlebags:

http://www.bicycletouring101.com/BikeDIYPanniers.htm

One need not resort to something as gauche as a half a cat carrier to go
to market:

http://www.cynthiastwigs.com/

Yes, they are $60 wicker baskets. But I look at every one of them with
lust in my heart, and keep measuring my 20 lb. dog.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Ryan Cousineau wrote:

One need not resort to something as gauche as a half a cat carrier
to
go to market:

http://www.cynthiastwigs.com/

Yes, they are $60 wicker baskets. But I look at every one of them
with
lust in my heart, and keep measuring my 20 lb. dog.

Some years ago, I saw a large wire basket next to the curb. It was a
very large Wald front basket, like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Wald-Delivery-...1070766&sr=1-3

I asked Owen about it. He'd gotten it to have his dog ride with him,
but the dog had proven so energetic that Owen was throwing out the
basket before the experience killed him. Energetic weight high in
the front is hard to control.

I still have this in my garage. I've got a cat. No way is that cat
going on a bicycle.

--
Mike Kruger
"You have to be careful if you are reckless." - Richard M. Daley

On May 17, 8:45*pm, " wrote:
Aquachimp,

That's a great, ingeneous thing you've made.

What exactly is a cat basket?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=07-55810511-2
is as close to what I've used as I could find a picture of. I've long
since lost the front cage/grid bit.
They are also called cat crates and cat kennels (and as Ryan Cousineau
calls it, a cat carrier)
They are also called pet caddys (not "caddies" I notice), however, if
doing a web search, you'd be better off looking under pet carrier
caddy as pet caddy on its own leads to lingerie web sites for some
weird reason which I didn't bother to unravel.


Is it used to transport your cute, littl
cat?

Little lol... he's anything but that.

... If so, have you ever taken the feline for a ride?

Not on the bike.
In any case, I just use half the cat carrier, so he'd be off in a sec.
But that aside, the only way I'd put a full enclosed cat carrier on a
bike with a cat inside is if I then walked along side... not cycle.



Thanks for the links, too.

Regards,
Cullen

On May 17, 10:39*am, aquachimp
wrote:



Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.

Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.

So I did.http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...with-half-a-ca...

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

There are lots of other bike ideas there. (a solar powered one, a
shopping cart one etc)

Whilst Im at it; a couple of sites I found amusing might also tickle
someone's
fancy here (-:

http://www.bikesatwork.com/hauling-c...-capacity.html

*(from;http://www.bikesatwork.com/bike-trailers/)

and that from an excellent source of bike related amusement (IMO)http://www.rideyourbike.com/cargo.html

By comparison, my shopping aid is considerably more modest.- Hide quoted text -

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aquachimp writes:

In any case, I just use half the cat carrier, so he'd be off in a sec.
But that aside, the only way I'd put a full enclosed cat carrier on a
bike with a cat inside is if I then walked along side... not cycle.

You're a good person, and I can attest that cats everywhere
are quite thankful for such as you. They're also rather
delightfully amused by the fact that you destroyed a
kittie hod for your own, nefariously human purposes.

Anyway I applaud your approach to shopping by bike.


cheers,
Tom

--
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I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

On May 17, 9:35*pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
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*aquachimp wrote:
Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.

Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.

So I did.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...with-half-a-ca...

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

That is clever, but my lovely bride objected to my plan to halve the cat.

Well. imo, the only really 'clever' bit is the how-to-attach-(insert
item) -to-the-rack bit.
I've got an in/out tray on my desk. I could have used that. Actually,
I''m guessing that might be a better idea for say, a small child's
bike, as that might also have a small rear rack, because the 48 cm (19
inch) lenght of the cat carrier might over shoot the child's rear lamp
by too much (??)

I kid, of course! We only have a small dog. And she really didn't want
that bisected!

The pretty basket in that Instructable is cute, but the mother of all
DIY bike luggage is definitely the square plastic bucket saddlebags:

Ahh have you seen http://www.hembrow.eu/personal/xtracycle.html (2nd
pic in particular.

However, the ones you've linked to look like a couple of small kitchen
bins that have been converted to panniers.
Not a bad idea, but not for me because of limitatons in width-space
to either get the bike into the hall way, or the shed.


http://www.bicycletouring101.com/BikeDIYPanniers.htm

One need not resort to something as gauche as a half a cat carrier to go
to market:

Gauche? Certainly not that. It looks cute you admitted yourself,
though I would have chosen the word handy.
It is ease itself. One just pops ones bag into it, or off it, and off
one goes.
Speaking of handy, I now find that when ever I'm on some small DIY
project, I tend to place my work station near to the bike because at
it's handy height, the cat carrier acts as such a usefull tray to all
sorts of bits and bobs.



http://www.cynthiastwigs.com/

Yes, they are $60 wicker baskets. But I look at every one of them with
lust in my heart, and keep measuring my 20 lb. dog.

Ahh fine. The photo looks odd though. It appears to be much deeper
than the 16 cm depth of the bisected cat carrier, yet it too looks
like it comes to about level with the bike seat, yet, presumably still
shallow enough to include a cushion.

At that size, though surely heavier and I suspect deeper than the cat
thing, it would easily accomodate the same shopping bags we use and
for a dog, though the cat thing could tecnically seat a more portable
dog carrier, the fastened down type would be my own preference also.

--
Ryan Cousineau /
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my
'idea' on instructables . com.
So I did.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...-a-cat-basket/

=v= That is awesome. Instructables is celebrating Bike Month
by promoting the site's many bike-oriented DIY projects.

What exactly is a cat basket? Is it used to transport your
cute, littl cat?

=v= I've always called it a cat carrier. They're containers
for taking your pets places. I used to have a BOB trailer,
and I would put a cat carrier in it to take my cat to the vet.
They disassemble for storage, and Aquachimp is using the
bottom half of one.

=v= There are also larger ones for larger animals. BicycleR
Evolution used to sell pet trailers by attaching their usual
undercarriage to dog carriers:

http://www.bikerev.com/pg4.cfm

My friends at Time's Up! used these to run a carfree dog rescue
service in New York City:

http://www.things.org/~jym/bicycles/...ue-trailer.jpg

_Jym_

On May 17, 8:45*pm, " wrote:
Aquachimp,

Is it used to transport your cute, littl
cat?

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=o739co&s=3





Regards,
Cullen

On May 17, 10:39*am, aquachimp
wrote:



Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be quite
appropriate afterall.

Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.

So I did.http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...with-half-a-ca...

Scroll down for the bigger photo

It might interest you.

There are lots of other bike ideas there. (a solar powered one, a
shopping cart one etc)

Whilst Im at it; a couple of sites I found amusing might also tickle
someone's
fancy here (-:

http://www.bikesatwork.com/hauling-c...-capacity.html

*(from;http://www.bikesatwork.com/bike-trailers/)

and that from an excellent source of bike related amusement (IMO)http://www.rideyourbike.com/cargo.html

By comparison, my shopping aid is considerably more modest.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

aquachimp wrote:
Hi,
It has been suggested to me that a cycling group might be
interested
in this. I had thought cycling groups were purely for the sportive
competitor types, rather than those as might use a bike for sheer
niffty convienence.
However, this being rec biclcles MISC, I'll gamble it might be
quite
appropriate afterall.


Anyhow, the same individual had also suggested I post my 'idea' on
instructables . com.


So I did.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Loca...-a-cat-basket/

This is pretty much the classic "milk crate on the back" solution,
but with two points of interest:

1. This provides specific instructions for a way to attach it
securely to the rack.
2. The half-a-cat carrier isn't as high as the milk crate, so it's
less likely to get in the way.

Thanks for posting. As it happens, I have an old cat carrier we
don't use anymore (because we have a fancier, more secure one now).
I might try this.


--
Mike Kruger
"You have to be careful if you are reckless." - Richard M. Daley