Originally Posted by
HandsomeRyan
This looks similar to the no-weld CETMA rack that empellavega made
(link) but I'd say it's different enough that I think it deserves its own thread.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...teur_rack.html
...I like the u bolts on the forks for stability. I'd say that type of steel (used for mounting shelves) is cheap and easily available for most folks. Probably easier to drill holes without a drill press too.
It looks like it would shift left-right too much with any heavy load.
Also those pipe clamps.... if you tighten them much, they'll crimp the fork blades.
Better I'd think would be to run the two struts from the handlebars all the way down to the front axles, and bolt the shelf to them. Get rid of the two pipe-clamp things entirely, they wouldn't be needed.
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