Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
...I think what's got your gourd is that he doesn't get why you prefer a lugged steel rivendell over a carbon racing bike....I second the idea of making it into a decoration, it could hold flowers, mail, all sorts of things. Just my 2 cents.
What gets my gourd is not that he doesn't "get" my bike, but that he can't be bothered to spend the time talking to me for long enough to get ME. He engages in one way conversations that get abruptly terminated as soon as HE is done talking with a "Well I gotta go now!"
I certainly can't expect anyone to understand the background of my brother's behavior because I didn't elaborate on it. Suffice it to say he has "issues" that push people away.

I do appreciate the suggestions of using the basket as a decorative or practical item in my house, but again speaking honestly, I don't like or use baskets as decoration or as containers. I feel it would be better to give it to someone would would like it and could actually use it.
And again, as I said before, I will thank him politely for the gift, but I would have to be honest and tell him if he asks that it wouldn't fit on my bike in any case (which is true), and that I gave it to someone who could use it.