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Great Rack Building Sequence from Alistair Spence
Alistair just finished up this large porteur rack for his tandem and posted an extensive series of photos documenting the process. He also annotated many of them, giving a lot of hints along the way. It's recommended viewing if you are interested...
Posted 30 March 2008 02:39 PM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Eyelets
It's been a long time since I've posted a Rack Building Basics entry, but I still have some in the queue. Today's photo series is about making the eyelets that connect the rack to the fork or frame. There are a couple of ways of doing this...
Posted 20 January 2008 03:07 PM by AlexWetmore | 7 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Tubing Selection
Basics Selecting tubing for a rack is an important first step in building a rack. The number of options is fairly limited based on weight and the accepted standards to work with things like pannier hooks. Selecting tubing sizes will also help you decide...
Posted 12 October 2007 02:25 AM by AlexWetmore | 5 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Vice grips and spokes
I find the combo of vice grips (or other clamps) and spokes to be really useful for holding small brazeons in place. Today I installed mid-fork eyelets onto a fork, small guides for headlight cable routing, and a headlight mount. Another favorite tool...
Posted 08 October 2007 12:28 AM by AlexWetmore | 4 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Making cross members
Most racks have some sort of cross member, straight tubing that goes across the rack platform. They are pretty easy to build. One of the tricks is getting the two miters to be parallel to each other. I find it simplest to put some scrap metal in the miters...
Posted 06 October 2007 01:46 AM by AlexWetmore | 1 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Fork Crown Mount
In this entry I'll show how I build the fork crown mount for a rack. This is the part that goes from the back of the rack through the fork crown. On a rack that is designed for very heavy loads I would recommend connecting the rack to the fork crown...
Posted 05 October 2007 11:43 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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Rack Building Basics -- 90 degree miter
This is mitering for a basic 90 degree joint with 3/8" tubing. The tube directly after cutting with a hacksaw. It's a little messy: Make a notch in the centerline of the tubing using a file or hacksaw. This keeps the file centered in the next...
Posted 03 October 2007 05:01 AM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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Rack Building Basics -- Tools
This will be the first in a multipart set of blog entries with some basic information on rack building. I'm going to start by discussing tools. If you have any requested subjects please let me know in the comments and I'll concentrate on them...
Posted 02 October 2007 02:51 AM by AlexWetmore | 11 comment(s)
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