Ok #FediBikes people: what's the best way to carry a bouquet of #flowers by #bicycle? It's both #BikeToSchool day and #TeacherAppreciationDay and both needs must be met!!
@BarbChamberlain I feel like you have immense knowledge here
@SamUpstate
Your florist is top notch!
@BarbChamberlain
@DrTCombs @BarbChamberlain I don't want to troll, but replacing the flowers with chocolate might be a solution.
My teachers liked it more than flowers anyway.
@DavidHofmann @DrTCombs Flowers AND chocolate FTW.
I usually stick the flowers in one of my panniers and carefully zip it partially closed to hold them a bit. I loop the straps up and over as another support. I've tried riding with them in the bag on my handlebars. It's pretty to look out through blossoms but a bit rough on the flowers.
@DrTCombs I've had a lot of success with a bike trailer that has a cover to protect them from the wind. If you don't have one...maybe someone near you would let you borrow?
I think we've also just stuck them in a regular pannier bag without too many problems. Probably depends how fast you're riding, but we have a lot of hills so we tend to go fairly fast down those.
These days I'm mostly riding the cargo bike to the store which makes it pretty easy to carry things like that
@DrTCombs Bottomless cupholder? Front basket?
@DrTCombs @BarbChamberlain I've had reasonable success in the past just carrying them in my pannier. Sometimes they stick out a bit, but if you're not riding too fast, that doesn't really matter.
One time I had my florist design the arrangement to fit in the pannier (see pics), but I recognize that's not really your situation.
I suspect I could also keep them in a messenger bag, if it closed by flap, not zipper, but I haven't tried that myself.