Porteur Bicycles

zip tie.

lots of fucking zip tie.

two small holes and zip ties?

is there any reason these:

http://www.parkindustrialsupplies.co.uk/epages/551423.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/551423/Categories/Clamps__Clips/Full_Saddle_Clamp

plus nuts and bolts, wouldn't work? (plus rubber washers to stop it being rattly as shit?) looking for something a bit more sturdy than zip ties!

drill two small holes and inset zip tie.

quick, easy, and robust.

Zip-tied wine boxes on bikes: for those who love action.
I would use steel plates inside the box and below the rack. Line up the holes, drill, bolt.

a la

been pondering the exact same solution, i'm going with saddle clamps and wooden slats on a flat rack

It might be classy, but a wine box would be much heavier and less aerodynamic than a milk crate or Wald rack.

I need opionions on which is the best option for a front rack on my bike:

Heres the bike:

Heres the rack options:

Simple - whichever you think suit the bike.

i'd go for nr 2 or 3. sides enough to hold a bag but not as chunky as that box

I think no 2 requires eyelets midway up the fork, which my forks don't have.

You're going to need forks with a lot less trail, those straight bladed charge forks will give awful handling with a loaded rack

You're going to need forks with a lot less trail, those straight bladed charge forks will give awful handling with a loaded rack

I hadn't condisered that. Hmmmm...

You're going to need forks with a lot less trail, those straight bladed charge forks will give awful handling with a loaded rack

true, but depends on how much load and how often. a bag of shopping every now and again will be just fine

I'm getting a gamoh today I hope so will report back. I can say that Wald 137 which I have used for the past few months is very nice, and works perfectly, not requiring eylets (bolts straight onto the axle).

^ good option for lesser monies

I'm getting a gamoh today I hope so will report back. I can say that Wald 137 which I have used for the past few months is very nice, and works perfectly, not requiring eylets (bolts straight onto the axle).

Post some pics

You're going to need forks with a lot less trail, those straight bladed charge forks will give awful handling with a loaded rack

Don't forget low trail too.

You're going to need forks with a lot less trail, those straight bladed charge forks will give awful handling with a loaded rack

Don't forget low trail too.

I think I need a session with Dr. Sheldon Brown... I need to study the effect of this 'trail' you speak of...

i think you should just get a rack and enjoy it. then you can worry about rake if necessary

ok, so I've got the Gamoh king jr, first impressions are not great, it looks the bomb, but I can't see many reasons why anyone should buy it over a wald other than looks (and I suppose durability but I won't find out if that's true until I've used it for a while). I'll try and get up some pics and write a proper little review this week, there's some tricks I've learnt along the way that might be helpful to share

First impression is fuck me it's heavy! I put one on my trailer bike I use to pull the kids. Didn't keep it on very long. It's now collecting dust in the shed.

I'm going to put my 1992 Lapierre singlespeed porteur bike in the sales thread shorty so I thought I will put a picture of it in this thread beforehand.
It is a 53cm step through frame, big rack at the front, smaller rack at the back, 650B wheels, i've just given it a clean & service today. It'll come with two wooden wine cases.

Not a proper porteur, but inspired by them, this was my DIY alloy and pine front rack (total cost less than £10 at homebase) mounted on a no-name late 90s MTB. Was a quick, fun project and it worked pretty well. Somewhere I have better pics...