This item is super cute, dont' get me wrong. But the quality of the materials is equally as cheap as it is cute, and assembly was a PITA. You can do it by yourself (I did!), but I would recommend to anyone to have assistance if possible. Also, do yourself a favor and use a ratcheting socket wrench to help you with assesmbly. You will be very glad you did. as assembly consists of trying to connect multiple pieces (3 at a time) together with a machine screw and a nut while fighting gravity to do it. It's possible, but not fun. The front basket has especially weak welding. I had to bend the basket signifcantly to get it anywhere close to 90 degrees to the bicycle stem, and I don't think it'll hold much weight at all becuase of this. I see this piece needing some patch welds in the future to bring it back together. Maybe some gluing with epoxy would help. But it serves its purpose as a cute, relatively inexpensive outdoor planter on my porch.