Review: Basil Cesa Luxe basket

[NbyNW]

This is a great alternative to the backpack I've been using . . .

This basket clips to the top of your rear rack. It's great for quick trips to the neighborhood grocery, and holds quite a bit. Today it carried for me: a half gallon of milk, a quart of almond milk, umpteen things of yogurt, bunch of bananas, two bottles of contact lens solution, bag of dishwasher tablets, pens, a toothbrush . . . you get the idea.

The clip is very easy on/off, so I could take it into the store with me.

It's also a good solution for anyone who has heel-strike issues with rear panniers. The pictures below show it on my Dahon SpeedPRo TT, which has 20" wheels and a low rack. The mounting rails on my rack are also only 8" long, so I wasn't sure if a side-mount basket would fit, much less have fore/aft adjustment.

Fully loaded, my bike felt a bit top heavy while standing still, but I didn't notice any issues once I got moving.

For those of you in the Seattle area, I picked mine up at Gregg's Green Lake. On Basil's website, it's at http://www.basil.nl/gb/assortment/ and then you have to scroll about halfway down . . . . sorry I can't figure out how to link directly to the individual product.