Wald folding baskets: do they rattle?
01-15-09 | 01:47 PM
#26
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Boone NC USA
Bikes: Bianchi hybrid. Dunelt 3-sp. Raleigh basket case. Wanting a Roadster.
Here are some photos of the straps I've made for Wald folding baskets (pink ones for my mom. Aww...). I can take them on and off in no time, and have been using them for years without any problems -- I trust them enough to carry my laptop, quite often. Just get the sturdiest quick-release buckles and nylon strap material you can find at your local sewing store, then sew the heck out of them. Note that I use fabric-covered rubber bands (aka pony-tail holders) to attach the bottom of the basket to the vertical strut of the carrier rack, which I've padded with handlebar tape (sorry -- I'm a pretty poor photographer). It works pretty well for a while, but then they get stretched out. If anyone's got a better idea for a quick-releasing way to attach the basket to the vertical strut, I'd like to hear it.
01-15-09 | 03:59 PM
#28
aka Phil Jungels
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: North Aurora, IL
Bikes: 08 Specialized Crosstrail Sport, 05 Sirrus Comp
+1 ---- or the same from Performance...... on sale for $20 several times a year....No noise at all, and I bungee mine with monkey balls (together) when folded up to keep 'em nice and tight. I also hang them as far to the rear on my Topeak rack to avoid any heel strike. And, I got big feet...
01-17-09 | 10:38 PM
#29
Mister Goody Two Shoes
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They rattle a little. Even if they didn't fold I wouldn't care about a little rattle, though.
But since they do fold flat, I can shove my bike into a packed bike rack at the grocery store and still carry home a load that'll have me in granny gear out of intersections. They'll hold far more than an aluminum rack can carry, I have the evidence. I can carry my bike through the side garage door with me rather than trying to pull it behind me or push it ahead of me. I can put my bike on the front of the bus when the front rim splits ten miles from home, without bogarting the entire rack. They'll never wear out, either; mine are so old they're galvanized instead of painted.
That's worth a little rattle. Folding baskets, ftw.
But since they do fold flat, I can shove my bike into a packed bike rack at the grocery store and still carry home a load that'll have me in granny gear out of intersections. They'll hold far more than an aluminum rack can carry, I have the evidence. I can carry my bike through the side garage door with me rather than trying to pull it behind me or push it ahead of me. I can put my bike on the front of the bus when the front rim splits ten miles from home, without bogarting the entire rack. They'll never wear out, either; mine are so old they're galvanized instead of painted.
That's worth a little rattle. Folding baskets, ftw.
01-18-09 | 02:06 PM
#30
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Go to the local auto supply store and they should have silicon hose of various widths by the foot.
Find some hose whose interior diameter is the same as width of your basket's wires.
Slit the hose down the middle and fit it like water pipe insulation on the parts of your basket that rub.
Quiet basket.
Find some hose whose interior diameter is the same as width of your basket's wires.
Slit the hose down the middle and fit it like water pipe insulation on the parts of your basket that rub.
Quiet basket.
