Friday Photo - Milk Cans on Bicycles

Indian cyclists with milk cans on their bikes (Photo courtesy of Sarawakiana@2)

Here's a couple cyclists in Indiana carrying something I haven't seen in a while - old style steel milk cans. My aunt and uncle used these when they milked cows. I don't know if these cans are full or not. Empty, a milk can weighs about 20 pounds, so they would each be carrying about 40 pounds. The cans hold 10 gallons, and whole milk weighs 8.6 pounds per gallon, so that's 86 pounds per can for the milk. If they are full, each cyclist would be hauling 212 pounds.