http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Crate for a gazelle bike with porteur rack en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-290930 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:12:21 +0000 gembo 290930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Harts Cyclery he is a good lad just slightly parsimonious. Lives out Linlithgow way </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-290927 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:06:10 +0000 Harts Cyclery 290927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And yes, zip ties are the best way to secure them!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-290926 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:04:25 +0000 Harts Cyclery 290926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haha, just found this searching for another old post. I can't recall the customer, I probably should given the description!</p> <p>I quite often recommend supermarket crates and the like. That's what I have on my Gazelle! As alluded to, the full legit look is a Heineken (or Amstel) crate.</p> <p>That said, I can supply a Basil (Dutch luggage brand) fietskrat for £15... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273271 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:59:19 +0000 Trixie 273271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the tip, @nedd1e. I've been humming and hawing about a rear basket for a while. I think <a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/storage-boxes-baskets/byholma-basket-grey-art-00159014/">THIS</a> will look cute as a button on my bike. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273161 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:09:15 +0000 neddie 273161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of these would do the job, and a good price too, if you can face the awful ride out to Straiton</p> <p><a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/storage-boxes-baskets/baskets/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/storage-boxes-baskets/baskets/</a></p> <p>PS: Wicker crate much more eco than a plastic one, which will still be in our oceans in 200 years time </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273153 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:39:40 +0000 Klaxon 273153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My basket is attached with five ~8mm zip ties</p> <p>More robust and less damaging to the paint than the supplied metal bracket </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273150 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:20:53 +0000 wingpig 273150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Insto stuck an old wine crate on one of his contraptions once. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273149 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:10:42 +0000 jdanielp 273149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD unless it was a Carslberg crate, probably. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273144 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:45:18 +0000 SRD 273144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a bike parked at my work with a heineken crate attached to back rack with many robust zip ties. would be hard to not out-class that... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18539#post-273127 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:59:59 +0000 gembo 273127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a work colleague who is a little thrifty and lives in Linlithgow. He comes to me for advice on a crate for his wife who is Spanish, in regards to a porteur rack on her bicycle. I ask, what sort of bike is it? He says a gazelle. So I say ah well then your best bet is to go to Hart cyclists and Graeme will order you the gazelle crate. He says that is where we bought the bike and I am not paying twenty quid for a crate. Ok, I say come and look at ths crate another colleague has brought to work to keep the biscuits and tea and coffee gubbins in. A grayish wooden crate with lot of fancy French words related to cider spelt cidre on the sides. Turns out they were two for fifteen quid at The Range. Another colleague voiced the opinion the crate was better than anything else The Range ever sold. He is off to Falkirk which is the nearest place with a The Range shop. He is then. Going to cable tie the crate to the bike. Classy.? Dutch bike with fake French crate ridden by Spanish person. Brexit, Up Yours as Polly Styrene would maybe have sung were she still with us. </p>