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Yesterday, I rode my bike to the supermarket about two miles away to stock up on a few staples. This always means the same thing: buy just as much as I can stuff into my backpack, plus some english muffins to be strapped on my tiny book carrier in back, and I'm good to go. So I'm good for about four days, tops, before I have to go back and do it all over again (or pay double at the closer but overpriced organic food market).

Yeah, it's good exercise, and at least I'm not driving, but it's awful inconvenient - and frustrating - to not be able to buy what you want 'cause there's just no room on your bike. I could invest in a metal side-basket, but even those don't hold too much.

But wait! Enter: Pop-On Delivery System. Treehugger reports that Genius grad student Paul Thomas has come up with the perfect solution to lugging groceries home on a bicycle. It clips onto a standard bike rack, and locks in place so the bags won't move as you're pedaling. Plus, a flap keeps them from hitting the rear wheel (this is key, obv.) and a waterproof flap protects your cereal and milk from raindrops.

There's already a prototype being designed - we'll let you know when it's available in stores!