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Kaiser-Machead
04/28/09

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ET would fall right out of this shit. Fail.
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Nick
04/28/09

@Kaiser-Machead: yeah, but he was also a little fatty.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
04/28/09

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I agree with Curves and Lite. Unless the only thing you carry around on this is your 2lb rat dog, which a little less unappealing in a winker basket with daisies, this spells disaster.

Place enough weight in there and you'll be spending most of your attention trying to keep it from wobbling down the road, hence, you will not notice that dump truck that knocks your head off.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
04/28/09

@Shamoononon thanks Rocephin: wicker.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@Shamoononon thanks Rocephin: Not to mention tossing your 2lb rat dog back and forth in the basket as you turn.
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Geisrud
04/28/09

@Lite: I'd prefer to just toss the 2lb rat dog.
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Nick
04/28/09

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John thank god you came to us before you made any hasty decisions and purchased those handbasketbars.

now you be sure to tells us if strangers ever approach you in a a van and tell you they have puppies. cause it's a trick john. it's a trick.
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Geisrud
04/28/09

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No bell on the handlebar?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

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Yes, because really. Putting a large mass on your handlebars and swinging it back and forth is really a great idea. Rather than say, mounding it in a location (back) of the bike where it won't suffer from that problem.

Sorry, but this really is one of the more moronic concepts I've seen when it comes to poorly applied ideas involving physics, mass, and a moving object.
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Cheatachu
04/28/09

@Lite:

you mean besides taking the brakes off the bike?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@Lite: The other catch here is that if you put that weight on the front of a bike with suspension the bike will feel even more sluggish going over bumps than normal.
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TennysonPate
04/28/09

@Lite:

Yeah, that may be true, but living in a town that has an awful lot of cyclists (we made a Guinness world record attempt at "longest bicycle parade" last year, i think we may have got it) baskets on the front handle bars are quite common as it is. This is at least slightly better than those in that it appears to be sturdy. But Strongly agreed, adding extra inertia to your turning mechanism is just a really really bad idea.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@TennysonPate: A much better application would have been to weld mounts to the front of the fork ala drink holders already attached to your frame, so that the weight does not swing with the handle bars. It's basic physics. If you're riding home with a jug of milk and a 6 pack of beer that's 12 pounds you're whipping back and forth to make turns.
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Ultraorange
04/28/09

@Lite: <=== Fail you can put more on the rear but the front end isn't out of the question noob.
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harold_b
04/28/09

@Lite: I frequently carry grocery's home in my basket and would appreciate a more sturdy one. As for the whole mount it in the back versus front thing, what about when you have the back full already. 2 panniers and a bag on the rack?

When a bike is fully loaded back and front then it trakes very well.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@Cheatachu: I assumed that a bike messenger came up with it, which means brakes are optional or the bike is a "cyclist trendy" fixed ratio setup that is becoming popular.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@Ultraorange: Use of the word noob, and fail pretty much invalidates anything you've just said.

Either correct me with an example, or keep your useless trollish commentary to yourself.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/28/09

@harold_b: As opposed to my above suggestion of mounting the basket directly to the front of the frame so that the weight doesn't pivot and affect how much effort you need to put in to steering your bike?
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Curves
04/28/09

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Needs vertical reinforcements so when kids have other kids ride in the baskets, they dont all fall and injure themselves when it breaks under their weight.
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