cool front basket
04-10-06 | 08:12 PM
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18 dog baby
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cool front basket
i want to get a basket for the front of my bike. can any of you suggest a good one?
i know about the topeak baskets and the walds, but i'm not sure about them. any help would be great.
i know about the topeak baskets and the walds, but i'm not sure about them. any help would be great.
04-10-06 | 10:17 PM
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A few months back I wanted to put a basket on my Kona. My brother photoshopped my bike with a few of the baskets I liked and.......well.....................let's just say my bike is basketless.
04-10-06 | 11:37 PM
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i'm not too concerned about coolness. i'm a messenger, so anyone on a bike talking about cool better have some stage wins under their belt. And looks? Eh, whatever. if i wanted to look good i wouldn't be riding a bike. I'd be driving an Escalade.
04-11-06 | 09:06 AM
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the cool basket is the biggest, heaviest duty Wald front basket that fits on your bike. Go ask your LBS to show you the Wald selection in the QBP catalog or whoever the distributor is.... There's a neat 'dropped' front basket by wald that's funky...
04-11-06 | 09:26 AM
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Front baskets make the bike harder for me to handle when I'm off the bike. Cool looking to who? Are you trying to impress someone who finds front baskets cool?
. Low-rider front baskets that center on the front axle would be more stable.
. Low-rider front baskets that center on the front axle would be more stable.
04-11-06 | 09:35 AM
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I've got an old steel wire basket on the front of my shopper bike. Along with huge, chrome baskets on the rear. If you have a bike shop that seems to specialize in vintage bikes, you can probably pick one up for next to nothing.
Oh, and I think my shopper is way cool, (comfort bars and spring loaded seat).
Oh, and I think my shopper is way cool, (comfort bars and spring loaded seat).
04-11-06 | 12:32 PM
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website for lots of baskets: https://homepage.ntlworld.com/hembrow/bicycle.html
Metal basket, quick release and has a handle
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04-11-06 | 02:48 PM
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Here's a shot of my wife's bike:
https://community.webshots.com/photo/...8014369QQAdCs#
It's a Wald from Rivendell. When you lift the handle, the basket unlocks from the bracket and you can carry it with you. I've never thought of it as cool, but it's very practical. Sometimes her poodle rides in it.
https://community.webshots.com/photo/...8014369QQAdCs#
It's a Wald from Rivendell. When you lift the handle, the basket unlocks from the bracket and you can carry it with you. I've never thought of it as cool, but it's very practical. Sometimes her poodle rides in it.
04-11-06 | 10:18 PM
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yeah, i would get a rivendell if only because they are the only company on the net that actually sells high quality baskets. except for one thing: shipping to hawaii is like twice the price of the basket.
04-12-06 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 2mtr
yeah, i would get a rivendell if only because they are the only company on the net that actually sells high quality baskets. except for one thing: shipping to hawaii is like twice the price of the basket.
It's pretty much disappeared these days, but the hot setup a decade or so ago was to get the largest possible Wald (the full metal basket), and cut down the sides and front, giving you a large platform to bungie things to.
04-13-06 | 04:27 AM
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that paul rack is like 150 dollars. and it can only carry 25 pounds. or that much money I might as well get a fricking nitto front rack.
04-13-06 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 2mtr
if i wanted to look good i wouldn't be riding a bike. I'd be driving an Escalade.
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