How do you carry French bread?

nirakaro · Post by **nirakaro** » 29 Jun 2010, 5:51pm

In the past, I've just bungee'd it onto the rack with the tent, but this year I'd really like to get my baguette from the boulangerie to the picnic lunch intact and unsquashed. There must be a device you can find or invent to attach it to the front fork?/top tube?/down tube? or somewhere without damaging it. Any ideas?

TwoPlusTen · Post by **TwoPlusTen** » 29 Jun 2010, 5:58pm

A bit of gaffer tape and stick it to the handlebars?

joking aside... how about just take a backpack, stick the bread in the backpack and carry it that way.

Or you can do like most French people do. Ride with one hand and eat one end

byegad · Post by **byegad** » 29 Jun 2010, 6:20pm

Internally. Buy it and eat it at the shop doorway, it goes stale if you don't.

mr riff raff · Post by **mr riff raff** » 29 Jun 2010, 7:24pm

Forget a stick, buy bagels or doughnuts (mmm, doughnuts) and thread them onto your bars.

Nice buns?

531colin · Post by **531colin** » 29 Jun 2010, 10:05pm

Seen ice-axe loops on rucksacs?......i just invented baguette loops for panniers......

DaveP · Post by **DaveP** » 29 Jun 2010, 10:54pm

Top tube, cable ties...

Post by **ncutler** » 29 Jun 2010, 10:59pm

Just rest them across the aero levers .....

Nick

rualexander · Post by **rualexander** » 30 Jun 2010, 12:03am

Usually have to fold it in half and stuff into food pannier, works ok, very long baguettes need a bit eaten first before folding, no great hardship.
You could get a set of Arkel panniers with the tube for tent poles etc. Or see if they will sell you the tube separately to attach to your existing panniers.

fatboy · Post by **fatboy** » 30 Jun 2010, 7:48am

Given that pannier derives from bread carrier in French you'd think there was a better solution to this!

marcusjb · Post by **marcusjb** » 30 Jun 2010, 8:53am

Something like this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79498713@N00/2788543672/

simonineaston · Post by **simonineaston** » 30 Jun 2010, 9:46am

As a frequent purchaser, carrier and consumer of french bread in France, I either cut the baguette in half with my trusty Opinel and pop the halves into my panniers, or else purchase 'pain complete', 'cos it stays fresh longer - my favourite is 'pain au six cereal...'

frank9755 · Post by **frank9755** » 30 Jun 2010, 10:47am

I tend to break it in half and put it in a pannier. Some boulangers offer to cut it when they see you are a velo. However I've often seen locals ride with a baguette in one hand. Depends on how far you are going I guess!

Goosey · Post by **Goosey** » 30 Jun 2010, 12:55pm

Poked down into a rear pannier, sticking out of the top. Simple.

psmiffy · Post by **psmiffy** » 30 Jun 2010, 1:13pm

In a bread bag of course!

NUKe · Post by **NUKe** » 30 Jun 2010, 2:23pm

Use a trade bike with Big basket onthe front

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