Just Ride by Grant Petersen

Author:Grant Petersen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: 2012-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Monster saddlebag

Baskets beat bags? Yep, sometimes.

Baskets are cheaper than bags, easier to load and unload, and if you have to carry something really outsized, you can more easily put it in a basket than in a bag. They attach more permanently to the bike (it can take ten minutes with tools to put one on or take it off); they don’t look as highbrow, especially on expensive bikes.

When you’re after function and can give up the French country look, forget wicker, rattan, and wood baskets, and get an easy-loading, space-­efficient rectangular one made of steel wire. The best are made by Wald, in Kentucky. They come chrome-plated or painted black, in enough sizes and styles and mounting methods to satisfy anybody. Metal baskets are plenty light, especially considering how much they carry, and withstand all weather. Time and use may make the plated ones rust and wear the paint off the painted ones, but the injuries are cosmetic, and by the time that happens, you’ll be too mellow to care.

Plastic baskets get brittle and break. Wooden and rattan baskets don’t last as long, are harder to mount, and are more show than go.

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