Does anyone do bricks away from home or a gym, where you have to secure your bike shoes and/or running shoes at a park/tree/whatever? How do you do it? I’m thinking I could wear a backpack (boo), or use one of those wire chords and wrap it through some laces and secure them to the bike. I like destination bricks, where I bike somewhere and do a brief run and then ride home, but I’m at a loss on how to do it with two pairs of shoes in tow.
I have tried to staple my running shoes to my dog and have him run behind, but he gets tired when I do hill repeats.
I drive my car to the park. Do the cycling. Lock the bike to the car, change to shoes (which were in the car) and start the run. I do it quite frequently and usually run 1 to 2 mile loops so that I run by the car on occasion. Even though its pretty rare that someone would steal a bike off your bike rack mounted to your car, I’m just not easy leaving it there for too long unattended.
I have an old pair of shimano shoes with holes cut in the nylon upper - use a coil bike lock, through the shoes and helmet wrapped around a tree. I have a rear rack that clamps on the seatpost for securing a towel/running shoes for the return trip.
I agree with what someone else said, use the car as transition. Drive somewhere, bike, throw bike in car, run, drive home. It’s not perfect but it works.
a better question is: how do I complete my bricks in the dead of winter inside my apartment without a treadmill? I guess I could run up and down the stairwells…
How cold is your winter? Sometimes I can do an indoor trainer and then pack on some clothes and head outside for a run. I’ve been experimenting with an old MTB outside. I’m not very fast on it, though, so I don’t know if I’m getting a very good workout.
Abut the car: I have 1 car, 1 wife, and 1 daughter. So I have 1 option for being out of the house for a couple of hours, and, unfortunately, the car isn’t it. I’m definitely a bike-to-brick commuter.
I’m liking the coil-lock and behind the seat rack. All my bike shoes have straps I could thread a chord though. Maybe I can bungee and velcro my running shoes behind the seat (as I would a race-day spare kit).