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Crate for a gazelle bike with porteur rack

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  1. gembo
    Member

    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.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. SRD
    Moderator

    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...

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. jdanielp
    Member

    @SRD unless it was a Carslberg crate, probably.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. wingpig
    Member

    Insto stuck an old wine crate on one of his contraptions once.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. Klaxon
    Member

    My basket is attached with five ~8mm zip ties

    More robust and less damaging to the paint than the supplied metal bracket

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. neddie
    Member

    One of these would do the job, and a good price too, if you can face the awful ride out to Straiton

    http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/storage-boxes-baskets/baskets/

    PS: Wicker crate much more eco than a plastic one, which will still be in our oceans in 200 years time

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. Trixie
    Member

    Thanks for the tip, @nedd1e. I've been humming and hawing about a rear basket for a while. I think THIS will look cute as a button on my bike. :)

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. Harts Cyclery
    Member

    Haha, just found this searching for another old post. I can't recall the customer, I probably should given the description!

    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.

    That said, I can supply a Basil (Dutch luggage brand) fietskrat for £15...

    Posted 5 years ago #
  9. Harts Cyclery
    Member

    And yes, zip ties are the best way to secure them!!

    Posted 5 years ago #
  10. gembo
    Member

    @Harts Cyclery he is a good lad just slightly parsimonious. Lives out Linlithgow way

    Posted 5 years ago #

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