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Title: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: ChrisK on May 19, 2013, 08:57:52 PM In preparation for a couple of long rides I'll be doing this summer, I wanted to make it easier to strap gear onto my bike. I built this completely out of steel and hardware purchased at Ace Hardware, probably no more than $20 total. To bend the four posts I heated them up with a torch and bent them by hand over a die for a pipe bender. Small plates are welded to those four pieces that have holes for U-Bolts to bolt to. The welds aren't pretty, the whole thing isn't 100% level and square, but it is structurally sound and it will work.
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/2F629E9C-E16A-45A8-BFBB-E325AB41BE18-4537-0000025237C78BC5_zps1a0c92e0.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/2F629E9C-E16A-45A8-BFBB-E325AB41BE18-4537-0000025237C78BC5_zps1a0c92e0.jpg.html) (http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/4D1171E0-EBA4-4AD3-AC7F-287EACC65E7C-4537-000002522FC4335F_zpsca7cfbfb.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/4D1171E0-EBA4-4AD3-AC7F-287EACC65E7C-4537-000002522FC4335F_zpsca7cfbfb.jpg.html) (http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/74E4230D-CFD5-4D7F-9C02-EAFF3324202D-4537-0000025228716B1A_zpsbfe62a90.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/74E4230D-CFD5-4D7F-9C02-EAFF3324202D-4537-0000025228716B1A_zpsbfe62a90.jpg.html) Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: Raux on May 19, 2013, 09:31:48 PM you might want to use plastic or rubber between the mount and you frame.
it looks like it wouldn't take much to turn it into saddle bag frames to ride with a passenger. Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: ChrisK on May 20, 2013, 05:18:30 AM you might want to use plastic or rubber between the mount and you frame. it looks like it wouldn't take much to turn it into saddle bag frames to ride with a passenger. Yeah, I'm trying to find something thin enough to use. I had originally planned on using some rubber I had laying around that is meant for mounting speakers on wakeboard towers, but that ended up being too thick. As far as saddlebags, yeah I'm sure someone could modify it to work that way, but I built it for my application, which won't include two-up riding, or a need for that much luggage. Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: SpikeC on May 20, 2013, 02:42:39 PM McMaster-Carr is a good source for rubber. Now all that you need is a milk crate!
Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: zooom on May 21, 2013, 05:06:08 AM Now all that you need is a milk crate! grocery store for free with printing on it or Container store for a froofy one in matching yeller!!! Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: Raux on May 21, 2013, 05:27:42 AM (http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/49/hash/17562/6776675/1/Evans-Sports-Large-Storage-Box-with-Colored-Duck%2FShot-Shells-Print.jpg)
duck crate and theft deterent all at the same time Title: Re: DIY Luggage Rack Post by: LowThudd on May 21, 2013, 06:00:22 AM As for rubber, Dental dams are cheap, thin silicone(some are latex, avoid) sheets. You may be able to find them at a local drug store, or adult goodies shop. lol
Here are some cheap online. Not sure if they are silicone of not though: http://www.undercovercondoms.com/Condoms/Hot-Dam/333/92/Hot-Dam-Nonlatex-Dental-Dam.html?zmam=34062620&zmas=8&zmac=86&zmap=PK842 (http://www.undercovercondoms.com/Condoms/Hot-Dam/333/92/Hot-Dam-Nonlatex-Dental-Dam.html?zmam=34062620&zmas=8&zmac=86&zmap=PK842) |