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Bikes: 1949 Hercules Kestrel, 1950 Norman Rapide, 1970 Schwinn Collegiate, 1972 Peugeot UE-8, 1976 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Jack Taylor Tandem, 1984 Davidson Tandem, 2010 Bilenky "BQ" 650B Constructeur Tandem, 2011 Linus Mixte
Originally Posted by
dddd
Following up here, but here's the photos of my Big Hanging Bike Rack project. Sorry for the thread drift!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6...f02f33db_z.jpg
That's the home-made tool for making the custom hooks, with prototype zip-tied together so as to test two different strength (thickness) of commercial hooks. The black one is even heavier, just over 1/4" thick rod, and would hold over 100 pounds.
AND
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6...d414aa77_z.jpg
Built at home for $43 sans hooks. I used a circular saw, a drill and a hole saw to construct the A-frames from 2X6 lumber.
The horizontal pipe is SCH-40 1" black pipe (ok, this one is galvanized) and it measures 1.33" OD will hold several hundred pounds!
...and I'm off to Home Depot for some more steel rods (to make more hooks).
Originally Posted by
dddd
Did you need my Flikr name to view the photos?
I am stumped as to why, but my Flikr name is:
dddd2002
I hope that gets you in!
Here's why.
Above your picture there's a little "Share" button. Click on that and then "Grab the HTML/BBCode". If you grab the BB code you can just paste it directly into your posts clicking on the picture link in the forums.
DSCF0110 by
dddd2002, on Flickr
DSCF0114 by
dddd2002, on Flickr
Last edited by photogravity; 01-23-12 at 05:56 PM.
Reason: clarification atmo