When I went to school in the late 70's in the Netherlands I had a Curver 'Unibox' [1] strapped to the back of my bike, in the beginning using bungee cords but l

When I went to school in the late 70's in the Netherlands I had a Curver 'Unibox' [1] strapped to the back of my bike, in the beginning using bungee cords but later in more refined way using eyelets screwed into the holes where wheels are meant to be mounted on those boxes. Some of the more insecure kids tried to make fun of me with my 'bakfiets' but that never came to anything. Instead of having to strap m bag to the back of the bike for the daily 34 km migration (17km there, 17km back) I could just drop it in the back. I still have a crate of some sorts on most of my bikes, ranging from a large wooden vegetable crate on one to something like that 'Unibox' on my daily ride. A bike is just so much more handy with one of those. [1] https://www.gamma.nl/assortiment/curver-unibox-30l-classic-zilver/p/B236693 https://www.gamma.nl/assortiment/curver-unibox-30l-classic-z...