It's possible to carry more than you think, especially for short distances. I have a mini-front rack with a wald basket zip-tied to it at times. Works great for groceries. A couple years ago we were out on the bikes on a Sat morning stopping at some garage sales. We stop at a sale and there's this plastic tool box full of neglected rusty sockets and other junk, but could be cleaned up, probably over 20 lbs. No way am I asking the price 'cause I can't carry it. Candy asks. It's $3. I had to buy it. I sat it on end in the basket, we bought a 50 cent or maybe a dime belt to strap it to my bars and off we went, made it home fine, just a couple miles. Buff up the sockets, and coat 'em with some lanolube, they're great.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:19:26 -0500 Subject: Re: [RBW] Groceries and baskets From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I have a '97 Riv Road Standard. I've used a medium Wald on a mini Nitto front rack, with p-clamps to the fork legs (Tubus leg clamps are more secure and I will use them if I install the mini front again). The basket fits fine, but may cause a problem if your bike has a short head tube and you use narrow drop bars. I found the basket to work great for light loads, like the cheese and baguettes, or a sweater, or a lightweight sleeping bag. I found that the basket resulted in lots of wheel flop when I put more than ~5 pounds in it. A six-pack of beer in the basket was dicey, and with a 12-pack the handling was downright mulish. Front low-rider panniers (like the Hub Area Rack and bags, or Tubus Tara, or Nitto Campee Classic racks) are more stable and can easily carry more weight up front than a basket atop the wheel. You could use the front basket for the bread and cheese, and stash the wine elsewhere. A rear rack/bag setup? Or, replace one bottle cage with a Salsa Anything cage, which would fit a wine bottle just fine. Tim On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Fred Craven <[email protected]> wrote: Front or rear? Now that I'm able to ride a reasonably short distance without cardiac arrest, I desire to go to our local grocery store and pick up a few items for dinner (and you can be sure that I will get wine cheese and baguettes at least once). To facilitate this chore I will need "on bike" storage: most likely a basket. But where to put it, front or rear? My Rivendell Road Bike is of the generation where extra braze-ons were not standard fare. But that's not a problem. I think a front basket looks awesome, but rear storage might be more stable. As I'm utterly ignorant on the ramifications of this choice so I welcome your opinions. The geometry is Riv-road, with a delightfully short top tube (thanks to Joel). I'm not sure if that affects things, but that's the situation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
