Commuting - roasting rack on bike

So with the extra time available while BF was down I settled down to fix some minor problems on my bike. The most annoying was that my rear rack trunk tended to list to one side, and I had broken the base of my home-brew tailight. As I spent Thanksgiving day in the kitchen cooking I noticed that one of my roasting racks was the same length as my rear rack, but about 3 inches wider. So the bird came off the rack, and the rack went on top of my rack. The velcro straps for the trunk go thru the roasting rack, around the bike rack & back. Holds the whole affair together. It is then easy to fasten the taillight to the roasting rack and the battery can be mounted there as well so the trunk is no longer lop-sided. Maybe I should spend more time in the kitchen cooking.

Clever. But now if you hear someone yell "hey you turkey!", you will know why. :rolleyes:

Cheers...Gary

Jean,

Avoid cleaning your bike with oven cleaner.

It'll ruin the finish!

Originally posted by Jean Beetham Smith
So with the extra time available while BF was down I settled down to fix some minor problems on my bike... As I spent Thanksgiving day in the kitchen cooking I noticed that one of my roasting racks was the same length as my rear rack, but about 3 inches wider. So the bird came off the rack, and the rack went on top of my rack... the trunk is no longer lop-sided. Maybe I should spend more time in the kitchen cooking.
:eek:

Jean,

You are related to one of the following:

1) Peter Hylan Clark
2) Thomas Edison
3) "Doc" from "Back to the Future"
4) The Wright Brothers
5) Louis Rich
6) Dr. Victor Frankenstein
7) Sheldon Brown
8) Joe Gardner
9) Allister McLaren
10) George Reynolds ("Reynolds Weld Labs")
11) Jean Beetham Smith (oh, can't use that one! ;) )


(Kinda makes me all warm inside...)

That is really neat, Jean! Very clever indeed.

I'm getting hungry...

:D

I forgot to mention Amilia Erhart...

:(

Jean, you are a cyclist after me own heart! (Don't ever change.)

You are related to one of the following:

You forgot Martha Stewart! ;)

Cheers...Gary

Originally posted by gmason


You forgot Martha Stewart! ;)

Cheers...Gary

OH NO! Now she is going to be attaching foliage with florist wire and hot glue to the roastin rack to make an attractive seasonal cycling wreath. Don't do it JB; it's NOT a good thing. Now a string of those battery operated LED lights... :D

I may be over the top, but I actually DID string LED Christmas lights on my snow commuter for the Christmas season.

When it snows, I ride a ridiculous 1964 single speed cruiser (Meterior Flight). It is stable, snow/ice proof, and works good on the snow/ice.

For giggles, I made the rear rack from a fat antique water ski (with a fin!) and put it on my snow commuter. The Christmas lights are strung around the water ski rear carrier.

I think all the decorum helps distinguish me as an excentric kook rather than just a common homeless aluminum can collector on an old bike.

Hmm... maybe this deserves a photo.

I have been considering the light strings myself. Debating whether to get the all clear or assorted color strings.

Pricier but cooler are neon strips. Great on bikes and at raves.
http://www.michaelslighttoys.com/

Originally posted by RainmanP
I have been considering the light strings myself. Debating whether to get the all clear or assorted color strings.

Based on my deep and broad experience, may I suggest the colored lights.

They're more sexy!

GeeZ, wear pansies in your helmet for a month and next thing you know your mentioned in the same thread as Martha Stewart. Personally, I'm a clear light fan, but then some cop might get after you for having clear lights on the back of your vehicle. How about flashing red and green?

Actually a few minutes ago I saw a Jeep Cherokee with a small wreath with clear lights on the grill. So I'm thinkin'...

If my 19 year-old Amanda can wear battery-powered Christmas lights in her hair, I can put pansies in my helmet, too.

:-)

Mike,

I trust you are working on that photo.

Originally posted by Greg
Mike,

I trust you are working on that photo.

I'll post a photo of my Christmas bike if Pete will post a photo of his 19 year old daughter with lights in her hair.

Jean,

While day dreaming on my evening train ride home I saw a bike with what looked like an oven rack mounted on the back.

Now, either you commute across country or you are a true trend setter!

Originally posted by mike
I may be over the top, but I actually DID string LED Christmas lights on my snow commuter for the Christmas season.


Mike, you must have seen me riding down the street. I, too, recently strung a set of LED lights on the wire basket of my utility bike. Other than a few odd stares, I think the lights have been a success.

P.S. I also vote for the multi-colored variety.

I don't sport a roasting rack on my bike.

But I do have handgrips from a Swedish made walker, reflectors from an auto parts store, hose-clamps, a u-lock bungied to the frame, handlebars from my old mountain bike (including the grip shifters and brakes, of course), and two "thingies" I found in a deserted office space which appear to have come from a filing cabinet, upon which I have mounted rear reflectors.

And I have spent time in Home Depot looking for ideas.

:eek:

Pete, if you have a Blackburn rear rack, most U-locks will slide through the slot on the side and pass outside the braces. No other attachments needed. If you take it off road you may need to put a strap or bungee over the top to keep it from bouncing, but on the road mine doesn't even rattle.

Originally posted by Steele-Bike


Mike, you must have seen me riding down the street. I, too, recently strung a set of LED lights on the wire basket of my utility bike. Other than a few odd stares, I think the lights have been a success.

O.K. then, Steele-Bike. We are light-brothers.

The trend starts with us. Folks, whenever you see bicycles with lights, know that the rider is either Steele-Bike, Mike, or an admirer of ours.

I'll see if I can get a photo to work out with the lights. If it works, I'll post it.