<story><title>Britain&apos;s Forgotten Bike Highways</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/05/bike-lane-highway-network-united-kingdom-bike-boom/527226</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mintone</author><text>If you are carrying nothing. If you need to carry anything larger than a laptop bag &amp;#x2F; backpack then a bike becomes highly impractical very, very quickly.</text></item><item><author>thescarzy</author><text>I really hope that the bicycle makes a comeback that we can attribute to increased urbanisation. It makes so much sense as a mode of transport in and around cities.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drsim</author><text>Or: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Freight_bicycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Freight_bicycle&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Britain&apos;s Forgotten Bike Highways</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/05/bike-lane-highway-network-united-kingdom-bike-boom/527226</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mintone</author><text>If you are carrying nothing. If you need to carry anything larger than a laptop bag &amp;#x2F; backpack then a bike becomes highly impractical very, very quickly.</text></item><item><author>thescarzy</author><text>I really hope that the bicycle makes a comeback that we can attribute to increased urbanisation. It makes so much sense as a mode of transport in and around cities.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jdavis703</author><text>I carry a couple days worth of groceries home regularly -- on a skateboard of all things. I can even get eggs back home without breaking them. And there&amp;#x27;s also a laptop in my bag since I&amp;#x27;m picking these up on the way back from work.</text></comment>