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Announced way back at the 2021 Sea Otter Classic, Old Man Mountain’s Basket ($80 – made in Taiwan) is a stamped aluminum, rugged basket meant to take the place of the almighty Wald 137. John got his grubby little mitts on one of these along with an Elkhorn Rack ($168 – made in Taiwan) and offered up some thoughts below…
We’re big fans of basket bag biking ’round these parts and are stoked to see our friends at Wizard Works expand their size range of Alakazam Bags to fit perfectly in the Manivelle Basket from French framebuilders Cycles Manivelle. Josh has been pedaling around with the combo recently and, below, provides a breakdown of this magical rack and bag duo…
I’m not alone when I say how much I love a good basket bike. Typically, you either run a Wald basket with the stock struts and that’s enough. Many people run a Wald, sans hardware, zip-tied to a rack. Pelago has taken the latter and made a rack and basket in one. It’s called the Rasket and it’s a sturdy resolution to create the ultimate basket bike.