http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Rear rack - wire basket? en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:19:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-132639 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:27:21 +0000 Instography 132639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have something like one of those baskets that Crowriver posted that I'd really like to give away before I crack and take it to the dump. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-132632 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:44:04 +0000 allebong 132632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Success! The Adie basket is <em>perfect</em> for fitting all my rugsacks. I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner - so many journeys and commutes could have been that much more pleasant. Incredibly convenient and practical. </p> <p>I haven't got around to P-clips yet so the rack is held to the seatstays with a very sophisticated setup involving several cable ties and bits of inner tube. The basket itself is again cable tied onto the rack. I've changed the position a bit since first fitting:</p> <p><a href="http://postimg.org/image/spg6yey9p/"><img src="http://s14.postimg.org/spg6yey9p/DSC7806.jpg"></a></p> <p>The seat serves to wedge up against the side of my largest bag meaning it's very secure. I can run the compression straps/clips of the bag through the mesh of the basket as well.</p> <p><a href="http://postimg.org/image/p7y8hq7h5/"><img src="http://s12.postimg.org/p7y8hq7h5/IMG_0501_Upload.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128643 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:44:23 +0000 crowriver 128643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My other half uses this fetching basket from Basil:</p> <p><img src="http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/images/prod_32092.jpg"></p> <p>It does require a rack with 'rat trap' spring clamp however. MTB style 'flat deck' racks will not work, it needs the type with just tubular steel/aluminium and no flat sheet on the top. It has hooks on the base of the basket that slide under the rack tubing to hold it on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/32092/Basil_Capri_HookOn_Rear_Mesh_Basket_BAS1" rel="nofollow">http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/32092/Basil_Capri_HookOn_Rear_Mesh_Basket_BAS1</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128639 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:26:19 +0000 sallyhinch 128639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This looks interesting <a href="http://www.blogbyben.com/2013/05/review-wald-582-folding-rear-mounted.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogbyben.com/2013/05/review-wald-582-folding-rear-mounted.html</a></p> <p>Could shove a bag in there, shopping, or just random stuff, and doesn't suffer from the 'leg over' problem... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128560 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:12:57 +0000 wee folding bike 128560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't know how well it works on other types of rack. </p> <p><a href="http://www.pletscher.ch/wEnglisch/pages/Produkte/index.php?IdTreeGroup=21&amp;IdProduct=87&amp;navid=10" rel="nofollow">http://www.pletscher.ch/wEnglisch/pages/Produkte/index.php?IdTreeGroup=21&amp;IdProduct=87&amp;navid=10</a></p> <p>Actually I don't know how well it works on Pletscher rack. I have one of those but no basket on it yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128556 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:46:58 +0000 Coxy 128556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I made a Heath-Robinson one a while ago using an Ikea plastic storage box and rope - for transporting books to a book sale.</p> <p>OK - but not if you want to get your leg over the back! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128554 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:35:25 +0000 kaputnik 128554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had much success bungeeing on a wire-framed raffia-walled basket onto my rack for porteuring jobs requiring something different from a pannier.</p> <p>Just a basic Homebase/ Argos type thing. Would be easy to attach it more permenantly but bungees worked good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128506 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:52:25 +0000 SRD 128506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have an ex-front basket that you can have. Similar to one you showed but same height all the way round (might be too high for what you want) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128499 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:38:47 +0000 DaveC 128499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm <strong>NOT</strong> saying '<em>You should just nick a shopping Basket'</em>!</p> <p>:D</p> <p>I know a Diver who made his own rebreather for Scuba and built it all into a Shopping Basket aptly named @The Shopping Basket of Death'! :O </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128498 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:38:40 +0000 wingpig 128498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bike Station sometimes have them. Decathlon have a bunch of cheap types but some felt to be verging a little too cheap, particularly those which resemble metal but feel like powder-coated string. That one you linked to looks as good as any as it doesn't even pretend to have proper mounts, leaving you free to experiment with dog clips, wee hooks, bungee and zip ties. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11368#post-128496 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:23:01 +0000 allebong 128496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm considering putting a rear rack and some sort of basket onto my recently rebuilt winter town hack. I use this bike very frequently as a general runaround. Often I'm carrying stuff in a rugsack and I'm getting sick of it. It wasn't so bad in summer, but with the weather turning the amount of extra layers, plus hat/gloves/lights and sometimes a change of clothes/towel the weight is getting to me. </p> <p>I have panniers but frankly they're too much hassle for short journeys, and I need to be able to carry stuff more comfortably when off the bike. So I figure bolting some sort of large wire basket onto the back with maybe bungee cord/elastic webbing is ideal. Simply throw the bag in and secure it, then take it out again at the other end with no fuss.</p> <p>I have a basic rack already, not very sturdy, but it should do. I have one of those silly frames with rack eyelets down at the dropouts but none on the seatstays. I'll either get one of those seatpost collar things or else I'm sure P-clips will come to the rescue. </p> <p>Anyway, I just need a basket, and so far the best I can find is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000VDDZ4E/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=176ZWAWQ0S4BTSF964A1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=430153987&amp;pf_rd_i=468294">this one</a>. I can't see any obvious flaws though some of the reviews mention the mounts being problematic. I'll probably end up using tons of cable ties instead. I've been looking for something more like a shopping basket, more wide and long than tall, as with my heaviest bag I'd prefer to have it lying down on it's back than perched up in a basket. </p> <p>So, is there somewhere I can pick up something like a wire shopping basket free or cheap? If it's only £10 delivered or so for the Amazon one I can't really justify spending much. If nothing comes up I'll default to that one. </p>