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waiting for a sort of city bike to be delivered
A new city bike parked outside a supermarket sounds like a magnet for thieves. What's your security plan?
nick_h.-
New? Who do you think I am, Jeff Bezos?
It's 90s Wheeler, as I said somewhere above, delivered from my friend in another city as a part of very complicated arrangement involving several bikes from different decades, some money, parts and Holdsworth musette bag.
I'm not in London, so situation with bike theft is not dire, so my plan is some decent (Abus or Kryptonite) but not top-of-the-line U-lock and maybe a wheel cable.
Good call on Carradice bags, they look absolutely awful and I'm sure to blend in with hobo population here and not attract much attention to it. I assume they are absolutely bombproof and really though-out?
@AroogahLomo bag
These look pretty good for a price, wish I could buy them here and not import from UK.
Wald 137
€100 locally, damn, retailers are out of their mind.
GiantManta
Talk bike grocery runs to me.
Never had any kind of racks or baskets or bags on my bikes, small handlebar bag with allen keys and pump tops.
Now I'm waiting for a sort of city bike to be delivered, and it has all sorts of mounts on fork and frame (well, maybe not all sorts, it's no hipster touring wank-bike, but humble Wheeler from 90s) and it got me thinking about going to stores with it.
What I want is (I think?) a front rack — like the way they look — and basket. Panniers seem like too much of a commitment, I'm fine to just chucking a shopper bag or two into basket and riding home.
Are this rack (basil something or other) and Ikea steel basket seem like a reasonable solution? What else can I need? Anything I should look for? Or maybe better options? I'll have a fork with dropout eyelet, mid-blade eyelet and canti mounts.
I'm in Europe, and this rack is on sale for €35, and basket is like 3, that's about my budget — around 50 euros all included.