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Built this thing up recently. Absolutely love it!
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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.
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Yea cool, ill make a new thread in the next few days. Just look out for something like 'DIY racks' something something...
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Forsure, I will do a little right up shortly. Should I make a new thread for all this or is there a good place to stick it? All my racks have been non welded, so I figured this was the best place, as they are super DIY
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Its just from aliexpress, try search folding bike front rack or something like that?
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Hell yea! thats so rad! I wouldnt say mine it much more pro, its basically the same idea just painted black haha
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Thanks, I dont sorry. I have a bunch of tube left over though, so maybe I should do a little write up of how it all went together. A few people have been interested to try it
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Have been getting my brother mehteh ready for an 8 day bike backing trip down here in NZ.
Brother say you arent allowed to run a front rack with their carbon fork as each fork boss can only take 1kg, so I remade some stays out of 10mm aluminium tube for the aliexpress rack that P clips to the blackburn cargo cages, spreading the weight between all the bolts. One cargo cage will have my cooker and some freeze dry food, the other will have some clothes / down jacket in a dry bag. Rack will hold my tent. So all in way less than the 6kg total. Also did the two top caps and a headset spacer light mount mod.
Rear rack is made of the same 10mm aluminium tube. Used a $15 hand tube bender to get the overall shape, Crimped each end with the bench vice and then filed them round. Two more P clips with the rubber removed. Painted it all black. Boom, ultimate super simple dry bag rear rack. Will hold an 8L drybag with my sleeping bag, and more clothes. This is probably my 3rd iteration of the simple rear rack with the 10mm aluminium tube, they have all held up to some insane MTB trails for days on end, Total cost of the rear rack was like $25 including paint. Weighs in at just 89grams too!
+1 for the brother mehteh, absolutely love mine