Porteur Bicycles

I've put on a sale thread for a porteur bike if anyone is interested.
Cheers
Vince
http://www.lfgss.com/thread81992.html

Project brief: to carry a crate of beer and a chinese takeaway.
Rear rack made from a garden chair frame, cut and brazed.
Front rack from 10mm steel tube from B&Q (£3.01) mostly silver soldered.
Will update on success of beer carrying or failure of hard soldered joints...

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Lovely bit of work! Really clean.

Well done!

Yeah, very neat!

Here is my 650b porteur bike I built a while back.

is that a vintage chainguard or a new one?
where did u find it?

thanks

Velo Orange

just built this porteur inspired thing

It rides really well without any load, will be interesting to get some weight on the front. Would like bigger tyres but don't know how much room there is left when i've got fenders for it

Would like a wooden crate for the rack as well. Might build one myself as I dont want anything too heavy

is that a v/o rack?

I'd say no.
http://store.velo-orange.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/530x530/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/v/o/vo_porteur_rack_wo_rail.jpg

is that a v/o rack?

No it's something french. I picked it up from JV a while ago. Haven't seen another one until I picked up a french ladies bike with an identical front rack this spring

Ah ok, i'm envious, if you come across another please let me know, looks perfect for what i want.

Yeah I was super lucky to get it. Got it for decent money as well, the VO ones are a bit much, especially for a run around bike

Maybe worth keeping an eye on ebay.fr?

Anyone have a genius 5 step plan for producing a ghetto front rack built around a wine crate / fruit box?

Street machine isn't going to happen this year by look of it, so instead found a (free) decent quality 90s marin with 700c's on it that'll be the perfect faux porteur bike. However the budget is literally zero. I might spring £8 on a chain and some fresh brake blocks, but thats it, everything else must be made, found or be free!
Front rack because they look cool (almost literally no other reason), and panniers/ rear rack gets in way of my feet, look aweful when wet and nasty as the bike will be living outside etc.

Forks have front rack mounts & mudguard mounts either side of dropout so its at least designed for it.

I think spotter did that recently.

Seems I forgot to post my bike here...

I've just broken this down and it's all (bar bell and saddle; now has a honey B17) going up in the classifieds in the next day or two when I get round to taking pics of the parts. Just a heads up for anyone in the process of building a porteur.

I think spotter did that recently.
he did, but not very ghetto-y.

Anyone have a genius 5 step plan for producing a ghetto front rack built around a wine crate / fruit box?

Street machine isn't going to happen this year by look of it, so instead found a (free) decent quality 90s marin with 700c's on it that'll be the perfect faux porteur bike. However the budget is literally zero. I might spring £8 on a chain and some fresh brake blocks, but thats it, everything else must be made, found or be free!
Front rack because they look cool (almost literally no other reason), and panniers/ rear rack gets in way of my feet, look aweful when wet and nasty as the bike will be living outside etc.

Forks have front rack mounts & mudguard mounts either side of dropout so its at least designed for it.

you might be able to adapt a cheap/found steel rear rack to fit on the front and mount the crate on that.

I've just broken this down and it's all (bar bell and saddle; now has a honey B17) going up in the classifieds in the next day or two when I get round to taking pics of the parts. Just a heads up for anyone in the process of building a porteur.

Awesome

Does anyone konw where I can get hold of a soma porteur rack or a mioura porteur rack in the next month? Everywhere in the uk seems to be out of stock.

Special order dude, says Brixton Cycles, Kinoko etc. can do it for you.

Or http://www.velodrama.co.uk/shop/article_49/Soma-Porteur-Rack---front-bicycle-rack.html?shop_param=cid%3D5%26aid%3D49%26 apparently.

might as well share mine (again)

and mine.

^ doing it right!

Loved that Rawland.