Ok, so I got a HUGE box in the mail today from Nashbar bike. I had recently gotten my helmet from them so I thought maybe I forgot that I had ordered something else? DH joked that I was so bike shopping addicted that I wasn't even remembering when I ordered things (and he had me worried, too!). I opened it and there was this dorky "Toto Bike Basket":
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Gee, just like in the Wizard of Oz! I figured hmmm they sent me this by mistake. But there on the packing slip inside was my (annoying control freak) brother's name as the sender.

So here's this totally dorky basket, like I'm supposed to put this on my road bike? Does he think I'm Rebeccah of Sunnybrook Farm? Daisy Duke? First, it won't fit anyway because of my interruptor brakes and cables, not to mention my headlight. But most importantly...I wouldn't be caught dead with this lame girly accessory. I have two different-sized very nice buckle-closing waxed canvas and leather saddle bags for the back of my bike, thank you. Both carefully chosen by me for my specific taste and needs.

I had sent him a pair of SmartWool glove liners for Xmas last week- at least HE can use something like that. I try to get things for people that they can USE without imposing my own tastes on them. I don't quite get it because he used to be a very avid road biker years ago- he knows a bit about biking. He's seen my wonderful bike, we've talked biking once or twice and he knows what I do. What is he trying to say here? He doesn't have a lot of money, so I doubt he would buy it simply as a joke.

Now, I know it was nice for him to send me a present at all, but...don't you just hate when people buy things for your bike that are totally clueless?
The good news is that I can tell him it wouldn't fit on my bike anyway, and perhaps Nashbar will allow me to exchange it for something else.

sigh......