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"Tom Keats" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <wLnzh.936489$R63.112829@pd7urf1no>,
> "nash" <[email protected]> writes:
>> If you can get away with it a milk crate fastened on top of a rear rack
>> works wonders.
>
> That's what I'm using, and it truly is versatile.
> When the inside is full, you can still hang stuff
> on its outside, using bungees or caribiners. It's
> especially good for tallish, fragile cargo such as
> potted plants -- can't really stick those in panniers.
> And I think a milk crate on the back makes a bike less
> attractive to thieves.
>
> Of course, panniers have their virtues, too. They
> carry the cargo weight down lower so as to not affect
> bike handling with the top-heaviness sometimes
> inflicted by the milk-crate-on-the-rear-rack config,
> they provide some protection from the elements, and
> they have flaps to keep stuff from falling out.
> And they look more "real cyclist". But they're one
> more thing to have to remove from the bike when parking
> for any length of time. At least they can serve to
> contain all the other removables -- lights, quick-release
> seatpost & saddle, computer display head etc.
>
>> They also have collapsible metal carriers that flank the
>> rear wheel. Could probably carry a heavy load too.
>
> I'm currently in the throes of designing/building a
> cargo trailer out of the discarded skeletal remnants
> of a 3-wheeled jogging stroller with 16" pneumatic wheels
> (finally getting around to it.) I'm considering integrating
> the hitch with my kickstand -- it's the type that clamps onto
> both chainstay and seatstay. I've got a coroplast post office
> sorting bin that'll serve as the cargo box. I'll derive the
> tow arm from the handle of the stroller.
>
>> I have never owned a car.
>
> Me neither. Never needed one. Never needed an
> elephant either.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
> --
> Nothing is safe from me.
> Above address is just a spam midden.
> I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
Sure beats paying $2-400 for it. They have a few home builts here in
Surrey. They look pretty much like strollers.
news:[email protected]...
> In article <wLnzh.936489$R63.112829@pd7urf1no>,
> "nash" <[email protected]> writes:
>> If you can get away with it a milk crate fastened on top of a rear rack
>> works wonders.
>
> That's what I'm using, and it truly is versatile.
> When the inside is full, you can still hang stuff
> on its outside, using bungees or caribiners. It's
> especially good for tallish, fragile cargo such as
> potted plants -- can't really stick those in panniers.
> And I think a milk crate on the back makes a bike less
> attractive to thieves.
>
> Of course, panniers have their virtues, too. They
> carry the cargo weight down lower so as to not affect
> bike handling with the top-heaviness sometimes
> inflicted by the milk-crate-on-the-rear-rack config,
> they provide some protection from the elements, and
> they have flaps to keep stuff from falling out.
> And they look more "real cyclist". But they're one
> more thing to have to remove from the bike when parking
> for any length of time. At least they can serve to
> contain all the other removables -- lights, quick-release
> seatpost & saddle, computer display head etc.
>
>> They also have collapsible metal carriers that flank the
>> rear wheel. Could probably carry a heavy load too.
>
> I'm currently in the throes of designing/building a
> cargo trailer out of the discarded skeletal remnants
> of a 3-wheeled jogging stroller with 16" pneumatic wheels
> (finally getting around to it.) I'm considering integrating
> the hitch with my kickstand -- it's the type that clamps onto
> both chainstay and seatstay. I've got a coroplast post office
> sorting bin that'll serve as the cargo box. I'll derive the
> tow arm from the handle of the stroller.
>
>> I have never owned a car.
>
> Me neither. Never needed one. Never needed an
> elephant either.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
> --
> Nothing is safe from me.
> Above address is just a spam midden.
> I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
Sure beats paying $2-400 for it. They have a few home builts here in
Surrey. They look pretty much like strollers.