I know times are tough, but this is ridiculous. (Photo).
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I know times are tough, but this is ridiculous. (Photo).
Ladies and gentlemen, a homemade bike rack.
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Actually I don't think that is homemade either. I've seen a lot of racks with the same design.
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I saw a car with a flashlight bungeed on the back, pointing at the license plate. I guess that was easier than fixing the bulb.
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Maybe you posted the wrong picture. That's not home made.
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No kidding? It looks like somebody made it in shop class. Oh well.
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I actually had one of those back in the 90's. To carry my cheap $120 Walmart mountain bike. Seemed appropriate.
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Yep, that's a Chevy Celebrity with CB antenna no less.
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yesterday at work i had a guy come in to the shop and look at racks and told me he was making his own because the yakima bike rack he had bought was messed up. he was planing to make a hitch rack and honestly i think it wouldnt be a bad idea if you know what you are doing. i have a welding degree and know i could make one easily.
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I made my own receiver hitch for my 2008 Toyota Yaris for a hitch mount rack. It's just a bike. It's not like I'm pulling a bulldozer with it.
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I used to have one exactly like that. Eventually I converted it to a work stand. It's pretty cheap but it got my mtn bike around for over a year with no damage.
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They should recall these things. You hit one bump and the rear window explodes.
As for the rack, I had one on my 280ZX, but not as nice; I used it to haul around my not-Wal Mart, but still off-brand mountain bike (which, 19 years later, is now my single speed). The rack is long gone as is the Z...I miss that car..
...what were we talking about?.....
As for the rack, I had one on my 280ZX, but not as nice; I used it to haul around my not-Wal Mart, but still off-brand mountain bike (which, 19 years later, is now my single speed). The rack is long gone as is the Z...I miss that car..
...what were we talking about?.....
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I don't get this thread. If it were titled "elitism," I'd get it I think.