Bag a Basil bicycle basket

Basil bicycle basket

We think the number of bicycle baskets per 100 riders is probably a good indicator of how far cycling has evolved in any given area. The fact they are used on town bikes by people running errands demonstrates cycling has become an unexceptional, inclusive and everyday activity – a world away from a sport. To promote this cycling utopia, we have a Basil wire basket to give away.

It’s little more than a simple wire basket with hoops allowing it to be hung on a luggage rack, but it’s pale green colour and distinctive milk bottle motif incorporated into its design make it a charming addition to any bike.

Win a Basil bicycle basket

We have a green Basil wire basket worth £25 to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, simply leave us a comment at the bottom of this page and let us know what you would carry in your basket. We’ll pick a winner next week.

Basil bicycle basket

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Comments

  1. Neil Woolford

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    I like Basil.

    • Leon moore

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      I like Basil shopping carrier because it doubles as a shopping carrier in store and on my bike, saving me the need to use my car for short trips to the shops.

  2. Will Thornton

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    I carry my work bag with my laptop

  3. Jonathan Tier

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    My daughter would carry a picnic and a book. For myself, I cycle commute to work and it would be great for my steel toe-capped work boots!

  4. Kelly Olivares

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    I would carry my freshly picked veg from my allotment.

  5. Oliver Spall

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    I’d carry my cat!

  6. Frances Strickland

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    Not a very original answer, I’m afraid, as what else would anyone carry in their basket? Jelly.

  7. Victoria

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    I would carry my groceries and food/wine to bring to dinner parties (also it matches my bike’s colour perfectly!)

  8. Michael Joy

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    I’d carry my backpack in it

  9. Marianne

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    In the week I’d carry my hard-hat in it. At the weekend would be food shopping, picnics and recycling on its way to the local dump (always a few raised eyebrows when I turn up there on my bike).

  10. Wai

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    I’d carry my packed lunch

  11. Rhoda

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    My weekly shopping for sure!

  12. Barbara Disney

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    tubes of printing ink, paper and my very small printing press

  13. Jo Cowley

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    Champagne, strawberries and a picnic blanket!!

  14. Helen Allen

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    Well my greyhound lurcher cross is far too big to get in it – so maybe his dog biscuits!

  15. Jon Vamplew

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    A Fawlty Towers DVD – because my Basil carry swell is not Fawlty!

  16. Lesley Carol

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    Baskets are for picnics aren’t they? And for taking things to Grandmas’.

  17. Jan Chadwick

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    I’d use it when we go out on our tandem to carry packing lunches and waterproofs. Fruit and veg shopping on my single cycle!

  18. diana b

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    Heavy things – wine and potatoes – at the bottom with bread and grapes at the top

  19. Pawel

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    Baguettes!!!

  20. Pat Hagen

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    I would carry my book

  21. Roger Munford

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    If there is only one going I will put all my eggs in it.

  22. Sarah Fitch

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    My tomato plant….fresh tomatoes on the go 🙂

  23. Malcolm

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    Too much healthy stuff up there! Let’s test it’s beer carrying capacity 😊

  24. Paresh Desai

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    I’d carry champagne, flowers and a few snacks to enjoy a couple of hours under a tree with my sweetie.

  25. Persephone Beer

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    Anything i could fit in it and more.

  26. Mat Jackson

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    Shopping! 🙂

  27. Anthony

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    I’d christen it with picking up fresh herbs from the supermarket and basil would be the first to go in.

  28. Julian Carter

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    I’d carry whatever took my fancy from the honesty box sellers of veg, fruit & plants in the surrounding villages, oh & my emergency tools & spares kit!

  29. William

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    I would carry homemade muffins inside reused paper flour bags.

  30. Maureen Mace

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    I will carry my sketchbook and pens, plus a picnic of champagne and quails eggs, to capture my beautiful city of Cambridge.

  31. Lianne

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    I would carry my children’s nursery bags as I cycle them to nursery pulling them in the trailer.

  32. Fran

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    Looks like it would hold lots of shopping

  33. Barbara

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    I love Basil!

  34. sharonmcgill

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    would keep the shopping bags down

  35. sharonmcgill

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    v h i09i90y

  36. Susan

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    I would take it with a map, a picnic, my railcard and possibly minimal overnight lightweight clothes etc plus a sun/rain hat and a lightweight cagoule. I’d like to use it to cycle the John Muir Way across Scotland.

  37. xenia

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    Perfect for Turkish pide bread! (though I’m also strongly tempted just to grow sweet peas in it)

  38. Cleatclicker

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    definitely eggs – I will be putting all of them in it when shopping for the weekly groceries.

  39. Wendy Harrold

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    I am trying to get fit. So I would put my swimming gear in it, towel, swimming cossie, talc, deodorant, hair brush. It looks big enough to hold all that. So here’s hoping. xx

  40. Anne Damerell

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    Those milk bottle shapes are a bit silly. They make a wide gap and small stuff will fall out.

  41. Rehanon

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    My lunch, my swimming kit and a towel as I head to the sea straight from work because I’m training for an Ironman.

  42. Lynney Freeflow

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    I would carry my wee speaker, a bag off small percussion instruments, a box of fruit n nut, local Montezuma’s chocolate, a home made smoothie, all so that I could busk without using my car, if my saxophone didn’t fit in it I would carry it on my back ☺

  43. Sue Whelan

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    A good idea – a basket (in) case extra capacity is required

  44. Phil

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    It’s not wireless?

  45. Peter Clark

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    Milk. Two teenage boys. I get through a lot of milk

  46. Cathy Carr

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    This would stop all my shopping bags getting stuck in my spokes + my jacket getting stuck in my spokes + everything else getting stuck in my spokes!!! + I’d be very grateful for that..

  47. James

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    Looks great for shopping I would love one

  48. Christopher

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    Ideal for that quick trip to the local shop

  49. Christopher

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    By my previous comment, I meant food, and occasionally beer.

  50. Howard Woods

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    I would carry an emergency wine box, and a chutney-topped posrk pie.

  51. David

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    Id put my bowls in it when im off to play

  52. Jude

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    Lots of vino!

  53. James Brady

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    I would carry all my emotions and a collection of records to go along with them as they flow through the day with me. I would also carry a scotch egg and a half pint of IPA beer.

  54. Alison

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    Milk: looks much better than canvas panniers which always get caught in my spokes.

  55. Suki R

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    On a sunny day, two Cava,two red, two rose, two bags of crisps (between bottles for cushioning), a rug and some olives. Sorted.

  56. Kirsty

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    I would carry some hot chilli sauce and a cold bottle of pineapple juice

  57. Ruth

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    this looks great

  58. Clare Sheridan

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    After harvesting with friends and youngsters from local special needs college, then I would carry that superb veg round to friends who no longer are able to get to the Community allotment. Hence they can continue to enjoy the healthy properties of local, organic vegetables. Love Clare

  59. David Hunt

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    This would be perfect for the weekly groceries shop with my son on the back.

  60. Eleanor Clegg

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    Hat, handbag, hairbrush, harp, heirloom and a hitch-hiker.

  61. Karl M

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    I would carry around my collection of Glove Puppets … Boom Boom!!

  62. Jerv

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    It would carry the air that we breathe come rain or shine.

  63. Jenny Clapinson

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    ..my towel, flip flops and a book, then cycle down to my local beach 🙂

  64. Christine Hall

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    Ooh, clever solution. I’d put the picnic in it – and a waterproof jacket.

  65. Liz MacGregor

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    A lovely basked to add to my Dawes bike, given to me by a neighbour when his wife died. I would be able to use it when visiting my community market for lovely fresh, local produce – I always buy too much and it is too heavy to carry all the way home. It would save taking the car/polluting our village further.

  66. Anna Hayball

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    My daughter would like a pair of these to put her school bags in when she starts secondary school in September. To have one sponsored by ETA would be really helpful.

  67. Hilary Tunnicliffe

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    My retirement picnics!

  68. Les Gunbie

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    I would carry my school stuff

  69. Charlotte

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    All the vintage and secondhand beauties I pick up when I cycle around my city’s charity shops! 🙂

  70. Sarah

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    As I have no car & my bike is my main mode of transport the answer has to be… anything that fits!

  71. Eric Duval

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    Cheese!

  72. Eric Duval

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    Kites!

  73. Eric Duval

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    More bikes!

  74. Carol W

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    As it’s a Basil basket I’d just have to carry a brush along with shopping or gardening gear.

  75. Paul Rock

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    Basil looks great to me…

  76. Phoebe

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    My peanut butter 🙂

  77. stephen

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    I live by my much loved bike, so would carry everything and anything in it! Priority would go to a change of cloths.

  78. Paul

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    Beer!

  79. Anna

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    What a lovely idea! I would use it to carry groceries, flowers, handbag or my small, very well behaved dog, Molly.

  80. Francis Voon

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    With a basket like this I can put my layering system with bubble wrap to keep my soft fruits intact.

  81. Steph

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    What a lovely, flexible design this is. I love it! I would use it for everyday shopping, perfect for milk, with light groceries on top.

  82. Helen

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    The shopping.

  83. James Russell

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    Tomatoes, pasta, parmesan cheese, pepper, salt, and I think I need a herb to finish off a lovely supper. Any ideas?

  84. Graham Clark

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    I’d carry clothes and food for work, shopping on the way back, and a good picnic at weekends

  85. Maggi Moon

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    Pomegranates watermelons lemons dandelion leaves eggs tea peas apples
    Football
    Blackberries
    Rain gear
    Computer
    Binoculars
    Extra layers
    Swim gear towel googles

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