I've been carefully collecting jam jars with lids for my parents to put their home-made jam in. They have now decided that they have enough jars. Would anyone like the jars I have before I put them in the recycling?
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OT - does anyone want some jam jars?
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Given the occasional debates on here about 'things you can't carry on a bike', and discussion about how you can carry a washing machine, I wonder if fimm's collection of jam jars is one of the things you really wouldn't want to carry on a bike.
I don't need them (we have our own collection lined up awaiting their jam) but I do wonder: if I did need them, how would I get them home from fimm on the bike without smashing them all to pieces en route?
Large, light, and fragile: the worst kind of thing to carry on a bike. Discuss...
Posted 11 years ago # -
Not really fragile.
Fine in courier bag or panniers.
Posted 11 years ago # -
@chdot - may it's just the way I ride then. Stuff in my panniers seems to get shaken to bits quite regularly!
Posted 11 years ago # -
"it's just the way I ride then"
Perhaps...
Pack tightly, maybe add newspaper, avoid potholes...
Posted 11 years ago # -
I wrap especially fragile things in towels then stow in the courier bag while the lock stays in the pannier. If I have to get serious, then it'll have to go in the trailer with adequate padding.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Have never managed to smash a jar or bottle yet on the way to the bottle bank, even over cobbles when they're wedged in panniers and/or courier bag
Posted 11 years ago # -
There aren't many. I would probably put them in the front pannier of the Brompton with a bit of padding. Anything really fragile (laptop) I carry on my back. Fortunately I don't have to carry my laptop by bike very often.
Now, does anyone want these jam jars?
(I've already tried Freegle with zero response. I thought jam makers were always desperate for jars?)Posted 11 years ago # -
@fimm Roughly how many? There's a serial jam-manufacturer at work I'll ask...
Nup, he's full.
Posted 11 years ago # -
There's a serial jam-and-presever boiler on the forum, but they're on holiday. I'm sure they'd take your empty jars.
Posted 11 years ago # -
@kaputnick ok, I will hang on to them for a bit longer. Thank you.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Taken :-)
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