Grocery Shopping by Bike (with the Burley Travoy Trailer)

In this video, I share how I shop for groceries using my bicycle and the Burley Travoy trailer. I provide tips on what works for me and share some insights about the Burley Travoy trailer, explaining how I use it and why I like it.

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Bicycle: Brodie Dynamo

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[extraHERO]

This was brilliant! I used to use Panniers and I was suprised at how much you could fit in them and for anything extra I would hang them from the handlebars. Then on my next bike I didn't want Panniers so I got the large front basket from Wald and man that was one of the best purchases I ever bought. It was large enough to hold two 12 packs relatively flat and I also loved it because it was always easy to carry my oversized bike lock in, I paired it with a bike with those handles with what looks like horns sticking up at the end and those were useful because I no longer had to worry about the bags potentially slipping off the handlebars. For my newest bike I've decided to combine both of my previous methods along with some trial and error to create something magical. I started with a new Folding Ebike. Then I attached two Wald Folding baskets to the back because they are small, well reviewed and low which is important to me but also because I'm a bit sentimental and having two folding Walds on the back seems like a fitting tribute to the large one that served me so well all those years. I knew that I still wanted some sort of rack or basket on the front but because of the odd shape of my bike and because I wanted whatever that was on the front of my bike to look badass I found a small basket of a different kind to put on the front. It's a thick basket and it has a cover. It was designed for a smaller ebike (much smalller than mine) and It's infinitely smaller than the old wald but it's large enough to carry a carryout container and it looks tough. And last but not least the thing I'm most proud of is the repurposed folding grocery carrier I permanently mounted to the rear rack. I ordered every black grocery carrier on Amazon and compared them all to figure out which would be best for the job. I narrowed It down to two. One that had a prettier outside and one that had an ingenious structure mechanism. I went with the better structured one and vowed to customize it to make it look awesome. It's the carrier I expect to use the least but it's awesome because when folded down it measures less than 2 inches which makes it easy to swing my leg over which was my biggest requirement but also it's waterproof(?), it's larger than any bike trunk you can buy and because it's temperature regulated. I haven't actually taken it grocery shopping yet because I'm still in the process of customizing/repainting the bike in order to make it more attractive to thieves I guess.

[Khris]

It seems like everyone that has a YouTube channel and owns the Burley Travoy has to make this video, but yours is the best I've seen yet. It really captures the experience of grocery shopping by bike and hopefully will inspire someone to do this instead of using their car. As a side note, I would go back for the kale also.

[johnb]

Thanks for sharing. Using panniers and a small insulated backpack, I bicycled home 5 miles including some uphill recently, and I am 64. It is amazing how much one can actually carry. I once bicycled home with a 20 pound watermelon in one of my pannier.

[johnsandoval]

Finally some one shows the trailer during a ride... Thanks

[panzerwolf]

I used to use a regular collapsible bike trailer for mine. The type that hooks to a bracket on the rear wheel axle (I preferred this way because it was easier to hike the leg over the bike to get on). But then I bought a trike and replaced the basket with a wood bed. I have a basket on the handlebars for bread and other light, crushable things. Heavy stuff like juice goes in the bed over the axle, and then lighter stuff goes behind that towards the back. The trailer method was ok, but in winter it tended to catch a lot of snow, slush, and grime (and so did the grocery bags). All my bikes were either motorized, or now have ebike kits installed

[KRAFTWERKK]

the handlebar mitts are absolutely adorable. Never seen something like that before. Amazing to keep your fingers alive during cold weather. Most gloves never really block the freezing wind.

[tigerone]

Good video.
I have one fixed gear bike I use for all my everyday requirements. Food shopping. Doctor. UPS, USPS, etc.
I used to use a large North Face backpack for food shopping. Limited room.
I broke down, and installed a Topeak rear rack and Topeak expandable bag with panniers.
I decided to do this as I live upstairs, no elevator. Also, when I get to the store, I push the button releasing the bag and carry it in. Bag goes in shopping cart.
When done paying, shopping cart w food & bag come outside with me. Topeak bag slides on rack. Open panniers, pack groceries, and away I go.
So much better than the backpack.
As added bonus, the center of gravity is lower.
Your burley bag is even superior in that it probably holds as much or more than my set up. And....again, lower C.G.
Thankyou for short, concise, no "fluff" video product review. 👍

[RCPrepping]

I really like the trailer used in this video. I have a plastic crate that fits well on my rear rack. I hold it in place with bungie cords. It holds groceries safely.

[swashfrogsailor]

Great video and narration! After a couple years of “waiting for another day”, I finally took advantage of Burley’s 20%-off sale to purchase my Travoy, market bags, and rain cover. I live aboard my sailboat, and while I have a vehicle in the marina parking lot, I’d like to increasingly ride my Brompton with Travoy for groceries, gym, post office, and longer multi-modal trips aboard trains and ferries.

When I eventually depart for foreign shores, my Brompton and Travoy will serve as my sole means of land transportation, and stow concisely below decks while underway.

[eddyg]

Now that gas prices have blasted into the stratosphere I think more people will consider what you just demonstrated in the video. I know I certainly will. At the moment I have a folding bike which gets folded then put on top of a shopping cart and in I go to shop. I get a few strange looks but this way I'm sure my bike won't get stolen (huge problem where I live) while I'm shopping.

[jonathandelmont]

Brilliant. I do all my shopping using my bike and panniers. Got to get this trailer. 👍😁

[brighton_dude]

I love my Burley Travoy trailer. I've got the original version, I've had it for some years. That you can take it into the supermarket is excellent and in fact I regularly shop from Waitrose in the UK where I live. They have a system where you scan the goods yourself, other supermarkets do this as well. With the Travoy I scan the goods as I pack it and then I don't have to take the goods out of the trailer until I get home. Really it is very neat and simple way to do the shopping.

[aoife]

I just want to say a massive thank you for this video. Since in Ireland there is nobody selling these travoy trailer I would have never known about them.

[bigwheelsturning]

I made a trailer with 24" wheels and an old plastic container from Safeway. The tongue of the trailer fits on a "U-bolt" that is attached to the end of my rear rack. The tongue has an "eye bolt" at the end that fits over the U-bolt to give me a complete range of motion so there are no binds. I can get 6 shopping bags in it, but usually only care four, as there is just me to feed.

[ridinginryde]

This is great - works even for soft tail bikes, like my e-bike!

[eugenetswong]

Hello, from Surrey BC!

Wheels on a Bike, than you for sharing your Canadian shopping experience. I'm impressed by the amount of Canadian biking content.

Thank you.

[gingerbread]

Thanks a lot! 🤗 Your video was very helpful and I ordered the trailer.
Greetings from Germany 😊🌞

[ecopennylife]

Cool video, I used my bike trailer for groceries for the first time today, a kid carrier style one, I can unhitch it & use it in stroller mode instead of a shopping trolley 🚴

[samuelmjlfjell]

Thanks for showing me the Burley Travoy bicycle trailer . I'm going to get one for Glens Falls NY

[bikeboomer]

That trailer is cool! Being able to use it as a shopping cart is really cool!!!