There aren't many inexpensive options for something like in this picture. Sure, walking or biking is cheap, but carrying stuff, that's trickier.

I have a great electric kick scooter (charged by solar), and since the grocery store is only a couple of miles away, I figured shopping without a car would be pretty simple.

I've walked there before, but with the heat lately, I wanted a way to carry larger grocery loads so I'd have to make less trips. I don't really wanna have to use my car. I assumed there would be small cargo trailers made for kick scooters.

Turns out, not really. Most trailers are designed for bicycles or larger motorcycle-style scooters.

I found a few niche options people have built themselves, but they're either more expensive than I wanna spend or require more fabrication skills than I have.

I've decided to try building one myself, but yeah, that's gonna take some time since I'm new at the whole "just build your own shit" brigade.

As you all know, here in the US, living without a car is possible, but it often isn't very convenient. The infrastructure and products just aren't designed with that lifestyle in mind.

(Shout out to my downvote stalker. Right on schedule! Thanks for keeping me in your mind all day. LMAO)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I'd suggest a backpack for carrying stuff. It can be a bit awkward when you carry more than 10kg or when buying toilet paper. For bulky light stuff some sort of straps might work though.

If you want to increase the capacity permanently to dishwasher level then a cargobike with strapping becomes the only option. These are usually about a 10% of a price of a car with no running costs so if it prevents you from getting one it's actually a very cheap option.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment