Comments on: Another Great Cargo Trick http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Audrey http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-13228 Audrey Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:17:34 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-13228 I agree. cheap, open, light weight, milk crate zip tied to top of bike rack rules. can just drop stuff in it and easy access to it. I agree. cheap, open, light weight, milk crate zip tied to top of bike rack rules. can just drop stuff in it and easy access to it.

]]> By: Brian http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12433 Brian Thu, 01 May 2008 19:39:27 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12433 Thanks for your help. I saw clamps referenced before, but usually in reference to putting them on the seatposts, or so I thought. Not sure how comfortable I'd be with clamps there, or if they'd work with my disc brakes, but it's worth looking into a little more. Thanks again. Thanks for your help. I saw clamps referenced before, but usually in reference to putting them on the seatposts, or so I thought. Not sure how comfortable I’d be with clamps there, or if they’d work with my disc brakes, but it’s worth looking into a little more.
Thanks again.

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12420 Ghost Rider Thu, 01 May 2008 14:34:04 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12420 Brian, that particular model of rack doesn't have a low-mounting point...those loops are merely to support the panniers. If your bike doesn't have mounting points, vinyl-covered "P-clamps" do the trick quite admirably: http://www.velo-orange.com/pforfeat.html On that site, they're listed to be used with fenders, but they work fine with racks, too. These type of clamps are often available at well-stocked hardware stores, too. Brian, that particular model of rack doesn’t have a low-mounting point…those loops are merely to support the panniers.

If your bike doesn’t have mounting points, vinyl-covered “P-clamps” do the trick quite admirably:

http://www.velo-orange.com/pforfeat.html

On that site, they’re listed to be used with fenders, but they work fine with racks, too. These type of clamps are often available at well-stocked hardware stores, too.

]]> By: Brian http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12419 Brian Thu, 01 May 2008 14:30:31 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-12419 That rack looks better than the other seatpost ones I've tried, but it looks like, from the pictures on their website, that it's supposed to be secured at the bottom somewhere too (axle? eyelet?) That would definitely help with keeping swaying to a minimum, but would take away the quick in-and-out trick. Can Quinn speak to this at all? I'm looking at getting either this or the Odyssee suspension model, since my stupid bike doesn't have mount points anywhere, so I'd be interested to hear his experience. That rack looks better than the other seatpost ones I’ve tried, but it looks like, from the pictures on their website, that it’s supposed to be secured at the bottom somewhere too (axle? eyelet?) That would definitely help with keeping swaying to a minimum, but would take away the quick in-and-out trick. Can Quinn speak to this at all? I’m looking at getting either this or the Odyssee suspension model, since my stupid bike doesn’t have mount points anywhere, so I’d be interested to hear his experience.

]]> By: Mike http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-7228 Mike Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:01:49 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-7228 Dude! You found my old panniers from the 80's! I always wondered what happened to them. Dude! You found my old panniers from the 80′s! I always wondered what happened to them.

]]> By: Phil http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5599 Phil Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5599 I was thinking of getting one of these but the poor review on Amazon.com has put me off. Have you had a good experience? I was thinking of getting one of these but the poor review on Amazon.com has put me off. Have you had a good experience?

]]> By: Quinn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5039 Quinn Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:33:50 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5039 I can assure you the rack holds 55 lbs, I load it with 40+ every weekend. I holds so much that I actually got worried about the rear wheel enough that I am having a 36h wheel built for me. I can assure you the rack holds 55 lbs, I load it with 40+ every weekend.

I holds so much that I actually got worried about the rear wheel enough that I am having a 36h wheel built for me.

]]> By:   Un Truco Para Tu Carga. — El Ciclista Fanatico http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5026   Un Truco Para Tu Carga. — El Ciclista Fanatico Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:14:02 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-5026 [...] Escrito por Jack de: bikecommuters.com [...] [...] Escrito por Jack de: bikecommuters.com [...]

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-4978 Ghost Rider Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:00:06 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-4978 Good point. It DOES seem rather optimistic for a seatpost rack! I sure wouldn't hang 55 lb. off a carbon post, that's for sure. A cheap aluminum one...perhaps. I've been convinced for a while that racks are pretty conservatively rated -- way back when in my college days, I used to take "surf rides" on the back of my buddy's MTB with a Blackburn rack attached...it was rated for 50 lb. or so, but I never had any problems with my 130 lb. drunken weight on there! The rack withstood a ton of abuse -- way more than the designers ever intended. Good point. It DOES seem rather optimistic for a seatpost rack!

I sure wouldn’t hang 55 lb. off a carbon post, that’s for sure. A cheap aluminum one…perhaps.

I’ve been convinced for a while that racks are pretty conservatively rated — way back when in my college days, I used to take “surf rides” on the back of my buddy’s MTB with a Blackburn rack attached…it was rated for 50 lb. or so, but I never had any problems with my 130 lb. drunken weight on there! The rack withstood a ton of abuse — way more than the designers ever intended.

]]> By: Mike Myers http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-4965 Mike Myers Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:07:45 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/01/19/another-great-cargo-trick/#comment-4965 That's a big difference indeed, Jack, but do you really want 55 pounds hanging off of a seatpost rack? That seems a big optimistic of Axiom. That’s a big difference indeed, Jack, but do you really want 55 pounds hanging off of a seatpost rack? That seems a big optimistic of Axiom.

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