Commuting - hooray for wicker baskets!

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onlythebest
10-24-05, 01:49 AM
i want to put a wicker basket on my bike with cruiser bars! i'm thinking about getting this nashbar one:

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=&subcategory=&sku=15232&brand=

but there aren't any pics/instructions of the mounting system! how does it attach, anyone know? or does anyone know of any other relatively inexpensive wicker baskets I can buy online? Thanks for your help everyone!!!

duane041
10-24-05, 06:26 AM
Years ago I bought one for my girlfriend at Restoration Hardware and the attaching 'hardware' was 3 leather straps. Works great, no scratching and no tools required!
Bekologist
10-24-05, 07:37 AM
If you're convinced you want wicker, there's 3 sizes of 'cynthia twigs' wicker baskets at www.lexcobike.com/adbasket.htm I'm partial to Wald deliveryman front baskets myself because of the much greater capacity.

Those Biria front baskets made by Topeak at the bottom of the page look like the ultimate high tech version of the wicker basket.

77Univega
10-25-05, 12:01 AM
...the attaching 'hardware' was 3 leather straps. --- Yeah, I had a wicker basket on a 1950's Hercules. It used three 3/4-inch leather straps with belt buckle style fasteners. They attached one on each side of the handlebar stem and one laterally around the stem itself. Lasted forever.
Bekologist
10-25-05, 05:05 AM
I looked in the catalog, the one at BikeNashbar looks like it has a quick fit bracket similar to the handlebar bag system at the bottom of the lexcobike page. Easy to pop the basket on and off the bike.