Proof: Shopping by bicycle is possible in Ireland and Northern Ireland

We have searched for all of the #shopbybike competition entries on Facebook, Twitter, and via email, and now posted them below. Thanks to The Cambridge Raincoat Company, Dutchbikeshop.ie and Kidsbikes.ie for their support in promoting the idea of shopping by bicycle.

The judges will be busy soon looking over all of the entries. In the unlikely event that we missed posting any entries, please let us know!

There was a good mix across the country and of short and longer distance shopping…. Asking strangers to take the photo was not such a popular option, but fair play to Andrew Potts for doing so…

 

For our international readers, this is a bale of Irish peat briquettes:

 

Bicycles are even great for bulk shopping, like bulk noodle shopping:

 

Even without pannier, bikes can carry a lot:

Brian Simpson send us his image of Christmas shopping by bike in Waterford City:

Facebook was popular for those making long-distance shop by bike trips:

 

Brian Simpson send us his image of Christmas shopping by bike in Waterford City:

Belfast was well represented:

Belfast #shopbybike @IrishCycle http://t.co/PlheAIscir pic.twitter.com/QoesrV4nIW

— H.C DiTori (@hcditori) December 31, 2014

Belfast 1908 gazelle with oil lamps at tesco #shopbybike @IrishCycle http://t.co/62gfKj6hv1 pic.twitter.com/jEuW913ke0 pic.twitter.com/EggQpriP8H — Delia Chapman (@Deliabunnie) December 31, 2014

RT @ellenfromnowon: Did a little #shopbybike in Belfast earlier! @IrishCycle http://t.co/rplRaLWxat pic.twitter.com/3YsR8jhvK4

— Cycling in Dublin (@cyclingindublin) December 30, 2014

There’s such a thing as Happy Men’s Christmas Shopping Day?

@IrishCycle #shopbybike #cheesegrater #golfballs Happy Men’s Christmas Shopping Day pic.twitter.com/H7pKV7Gzq0 — Michael Greene (@mgreene754) December 24, 2014

Even with a basket, handlebars can be handy:

@IrishCycle here you go! Fully loaded on Smithfield Square yesterday. #shopbybike pic.twitter.com/PxKCYwtI7K — Catherine (@cathbrodigan) December 22, 2014

Sadly, the editor’s entry is disqualified:

#shopbybike on our cargo bike; with our 3-yr-old hiding & 10-month-old sleeping: http://t.co/dRqRycxgHQ pic.twitter.com/o9WORYJQE8 — Cian Ginty (@cianginty) December 21, 2014

We’re unsure if it’s the stranger’s bike or not…

@IrishCycle #shopbybike Myself and a Christmas-cheer filled stranger on beautiful Grafton Street Dublin! pic.twitter.com/m3u2RArjXR

— Mary O’Grady (@MsMaryOGrady) December 21, 2014

If it’s fully loaded, it’s even better than that you don’t use those silly top-bit-of-the-wheel-only racks pictured to the right of the image:

Fully loaded #shopbybike @IrishCycle pic.twitter.com/YIIPnhiEE1 — Damian Murphy (@murf) December 19, 2014

Clearly this reader entered as they are in need of a basket / create:

@irishcycle Tesco artane, hard to do the balancing act in this weather though #shopbybike pic.twitter.com/Z7vMwc3jBZ

— Paul M Brady (@PaulMBrady65) December 18, 2014

Shopping by bike is perfect for large expos at the RDS which has limited parking:

@irishcycle my haul from the knitting and stitching show in the rds a few weeks ago – two bags full #shopbybike pic.twitter.com/P3puiEIw7u — Queens Gael (@queensgael) December 13, 2014

DublinBikes are also handy for shopping by bike:

@IrishCycle me and me shopping on Der Dublin Bike. pic.twitter.com/8qdL48a6Uj

— Ronan McGoldrick (@Smokeyskelton) December 24, 2014

@IrishCycle My daughter week she learnt to ride bike. The puppy out of food was excuse to take a spin to the shops! pic.twitter.com/mgEf1p4cbP

— rainey lainey (@raineylainey) December 12, 2014

@IrishCycle ! Here's pic of me arriving home from the shops with flowers and shopping! Cycling is my new addiction! pic.twitter.com/hdMGocu0Dv

— rainey lainey (@raineylainey) December 12, 2014