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10-24-11 | 10:15 AM

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redeyedtreefr0g

Mrs. Hop-along

Joined: Oct 2009

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From: Seville, FL

Bikes: Ladies Schwinn Super Sport and Gateway

I have a green crate. It's a milk crate, but pretends to be a filing crate, with round holes and ridges inside the top edge for hanging files.

It is secured to my rack with a longish bungee. The middle goes under the rear of the crate, around my rack. This is good for also holding up the red Radian light which I have around the reflector bracket. That way the light shines from the rear of the crate (it was designed to go around the seat post). Then the bungee goes way down the sides of the rack to take up slack, and comes up to hook into the front of the crate. Zipties might be easier, but I didn't have any.

I also have a fanny pack, which was originally acting like a pannier. Now I have it secured to the front inside of the crate. The waist belt extender was making a loop to hold my water bottle in place, but now I have a cup holder

I can drop my purse right into the crate with no issues, and even fit a large lunch bag if I put the purse in at a different direction.

So I really like the crate.

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