Hacks / Bodges

As well as the safety aspect, I'd be worrying about what I'd do if it did fail out on a trip, how to repair it back to a usable state in the woods. For the sake of what, 1kg weight loss, on a loaded bike, I'd rather just have steel and peace of mind

oh yeah 100% Better to have steel for a big long trip, whats 0.7kg on your total dry bike weight.

Final Destination have really spunked their budget on the previous sequels

100% Alot of manufacturers dont actually specify the max load, and so I see people everywhere mounting racks. Brother do specify, so I went with this approach, which actually turned out to be easier as I wanted to run the cargo cages.

Very small hack but satisfying: on the restrap bag, the little rubber grommets to hold the extra length of the strap broke, so replaced it with bread bag closing things. Re-usable, easy to remove, very happy!

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Using your loaf there.

Cheap too, don’t need a lot of bread for that one. Or do you…?

Quick and painless.

Just dough it!

You’ll knead to prove that works.

That’s a wrap

Woden cargo bike, no welds, just bolts and wood screws… this is the scariest bike i have ever seen

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What is going on here?
Palette-chic biek build?

Lots of wood but the steerer tube looks like the most sketchy part.

60 miles in and the lock holder is still solid.

Palette-chic biek build?

I'm stealing that.

Get Ralph Nader on the phone!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if you do need parts to bodge a rack together, then this is a great kit of parts:
https://www.bikeparts.co.uk/products/blackburn-universal-fitting-rack-hardware-kit

Glove dryer

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It's not as good (I'm telling myself) as hand ground, but it works

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After driving myself insane trying to get hope rx4s aligned without rubbing I stumbled across their x2 calipers which now come in flat mount. The x2s are only dot oil compatible so I swapped the seals for some Shimano ones of the same size and am now running these with grx levers with no issue. Clearance is tight but better than rx4s

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More advanced bike mechanics than a hack or a bodge!

Thanks! Am happy enough with the result that I've bought some more calipers and replacement shimano seals to use on another bike. Not sure why hope don't sell a mineral oil kit themselves really

Not sure why hope don't sell a mineral oil kit themselves really

The pistons are the right size for hope's levers, not shimano's, although they're obviously close enough to work well from your experiments.

In response to @stevo_com's inspired suggestion, I present version 2: replacement of plywood with triple, glued Mini Magnum ice cream sticks.

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