If you want to be able to run errands and carry stuff and just not have to think about it, forget dainty baskets :-) You're probably not ready for this level of plunge into making the bike painlessly useful for all kinds of nonsense, but I LOVE my Free Radical... it just doesn't notice weight. You can't even see the 1.5 gallon detergent and 3 jugs of punch on the other side...


(Full disclosure: only rode 1/2 mile with this much stuff!)