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It looks fantastic tbh.
I made this atrocity to use with a Carradice bagman. But in reality it’s too much of a faff to swap the bagman between the two bikes. So I’ll probably end up just buying a jack rack. But your example makes me think I should endure with a home brew solution.
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Nef
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Homebrew is more fun for sure. I think yours looks more professional than mine but I definitely would not bother to switch anything with bolts (and need for levelling?) between bikes any more reguarly than once annually or so...
I might also just buy something if I was going to put any real weight on the front of my bike.I'm going to want a bigger bag at some point but I don't want it so close to my bars + the weight thing, hopefully when it comes to it I can DIY a saddle bag that I don't hate somehow.
how did you fix the copper onto the steel?
I... didn't.
It's got some rubber on the rod for a tighter fit/to protect the copper as it is quite thin (I wasn't sure it would work so I chose to spend 100 yen on copper rather than 1000 yen on stainless steel)
I guess it'll get loose with time but I'll think about that when it happens (probably just put a load of epoxy on it)
shinkuu_kiss
Not any very good ones.
It's just held together at the joint by tension (the rod is bent inwards on both sides and the joint is pushing them out) so I can take it on and off easily if I want to. If I made it again I would put a straight joint on the front of it rather than on a corner. I would also measure and bend it a lot more evenly...