Commuting - The Bike Box.... What do ya think ?

Here is the current state of my Trunk Box project.

It locks with a key
It holds my crap [wallet, rain shell, tube, patch kit, pump, mini-tool. couple bungie cords, lunch, and misc goodies]
It looks uber geeky

I have a couple LED kits on order to build into the reflector area. It will have 8 flashing High Intensity LEDs built into the red lens area with a waterproof switch on the outside.

After that is quick release rack mount, then hard sided locking panniers...Having a hard time finding the shells for those.

What cha think ?

Cool

How is the bike box fixed to the rack?

The leg bone is connected to the....foot bone?

How is the bike box fixed to the rack?

The leg bone is connected to the....foot bone?

4 1" long #10 Allen head bolts with fender washers through the box from the inside. 1/2" thin steel straps with wing nuts on the outside under the rack.
Once I install the Quick Release rack mount, it will be a bit cleaner.

Someones poor scooter just got molested for a bicycle box. JK awesome box to bad the rack wasn't the same size then it would give it the complete package look

I have an almost identical box on my eBike. And I have a LED taillight built into the reflector area as well.

http://www.strongcanada.ca/images/flyerEN.jpg

Look to the right. There's the "touring kit" which I have. The box looks pretty much exactly like yours.

All I did is take an off the shelf rear taillight with 2 LEDs. I disassembled it and mounted it to the inside of the box with the LEDs poking through holes behind the lens. The switch is on the inside of the box, which I don't mind.

It works perfect.

I'll take pictures of the box and my mods if you want.

It looks heavy. You should upgrade to a carbon fiber bike box. :D

Some of the side mounting hard shell 'panniers' used by motorcycles might work. If a bit heavy. A sawzall will open that box about as fast as a carton cutter will open a cloth bag. I take everything but the bike into stores with me.

I'm too lazy to take all my stuff out, that's why I wanted a lock. Yeah you can most likely open it with a screwdriver, hammer, or perhaps even an impressive karate chop... but who want's to steal an innertube and lime green shell ?

The box is really not heavy, it's all the crap I tend to haul that puts the weight on. As a commuterI don't really care about weight that much. You haul it up the hill, it makes you go faster down the hill. End result...sexy biker legs.

I was lookin around at the motorcycle panniers.. waaay too big and heavy for a bicycle. I'll keep fishing around, something will bubble up.

that looks cool. nice job! thinking about doing something similar.

I was lookin around at the motorcycle panniers.. waaay too big and heavy for a bicycle. I'll keep fishing around, something will bubble up.

http://www.mile43.com/peterson/Pannier/DuctTapePanniers.html

If I wanted to steal it, wouldn't I just undo the 4 wing-nuts?