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  1. kaputnik
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    Trying to cycle a basket full of potplants (herbs) across town, no matter how tenderly and gingerly you think you are riding, no matter how much you think the elaborate web of bungees and stuffing with bubblewrap will keep the pots in? Doomed to end in failure.

    - Chives MIA
    - Parsley snapped below growing tip and will probably not make it through the night
    - Adult chilli plant lost most its compost, a good shake of leaves but at least the chilli fruits stayed on
    - Baby chilli plants left the pot but at least stayed in the basket
    - Same for purple basil
    - Baby basils came out of their pots and managed to leave the root ball

    I think it was the road surface between Roseburn and Haymarket that did it. The pot for the chives managed to leave the basket, meaning there was then room for everything else to tip over and fall out of its pots

    At least there wasn't room for all my plants and left another basket load at my parents place. Might consider alternative basket-loading and pot-retention arrangements next time.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Instography
    Member

    Poor wee plants. That's a dreadful stretch of road. I sometimes wonder if I'll make it unshaken.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. crowriver
    Member

    Sorry to hear about that. Where was the basket? Up front? Rear rack? Or on a trailer?

    I've moved delicate things by trailer before and had no problems: I did though let some air out of the trailer tyres first, to make the ride softer...

    Indeed I was moving my bike bits down to the garage today by trailer. Not quite in the same league as potted plants, but still lots of wee bits and bobs to potentially bounce out.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    rear rack. Bungeed on. It has fairly high sides too and was on (for me) low pressure and wide tyres = 60psi, 700x32.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. crowriver
    Member

    Hm. Maybe a front basket, supported by one of those wire basket support thingies looped over the bars, might have been better. Apart from anything else, you can keep an eye on the fragile goods and stop to sort out any issues. Mind you they're not great with drop bars...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. Nelly
    Member

    Related story kaputnik,

    I did my good deed for the week today, an italian chap with kiddie strapped on was trying to transport a basket of veg from the co-op at marchmont.

    Had to get the tools out, adjust his seat and cable tie his veggie box to the bike. Dont think he was going to risk actually riding it though it might have been entertaining !

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. gembo
    Member

    I fell off today myself. Strange as was pulling a move I have done many times from Pam I Love You road going through Stenhouse, right through lay-by and then on to parallel quiet road taking me down to traffic lights onto Stenhouse Cycle Track. Bike fell away from me so I was able to dance round it. Boys in Sierra found it very funny. Possibly linked to being at the climbing wall praying from the top that the boy with ADHD holding onto my rope would not lose concentration

    Herbs will make good recovery with all this rain and sun.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. kaputnik
    Moderator

    @gembo oh dear. Admit it, you were trying to pull a wheelie at the time!

    Herbs are like my bikes and live inside. I shall give them a water with some of the special Baby Bio for herbs to see if that helps cure their wounds.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. gembo
    Member

    I may have been going a little too fast but not normally enough to fall off.

    Any option for window boxes for the herbs? If so remember a little braket attached to the wall on each side to stop the box from falling off. My brackets still on 2FR 65 Thistle St, one of the four has been twisted. Boxes long gone.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. kaputnik
    Moderator

    There is an abandoned window box outside the window actually (I'm on ground). I should reclaim it for the purposes of growing lots of parsley

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. gembo
    Member

    I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley,I am always very glad to see you wave.
    But please don't shout or speak to me too harshly, because I'm not particularly brave."
    "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley,with a tail for doing jobs of every kind.
    But I mustn't treat it roughly or too harshly,for it's such a useful thing to have behind.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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