(my bike related comment: Velibs seem to win on the basket-related front)
I didn't understand why there was no basket, but my wife pointed it out - the British love to dump their rubbish in bicycle baskets, so they'd soon be really manky.
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I didn't understand why there was no basket, but my wife pointed it out - the British love to dump their rubbish in bicycle baskets, so they'd soon be really manky.