Bicycle Broom Rack
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Bicycle Broom Rack
After the success of the "Shovel Rack" I decided to do a broom rack for sweeping off a few sections of trail that have broken glass, car parts, and light gravel. I still want to make some type of power sweeper but until then this is what I came up with.
Sewing and Plumbing- two things that do not seem like they relate directly to cycling. Well I guess they can because I used my PVC pipe and my sewing machine to come up with a simple, lightweight solution to the problem of getting a couple brooms to my work area. The PVC is 1" thin walled glued with general purpose PVC solvent. I didn't have any 1" end caps at my house so I used elbows instead. They do not serve any purpose other than preventing the need for a trip to the hardware store last night. The head of the push broom stores in a bag I sewed from some scrap fabric I had laying around the house. The broom head is in a 3 sided "bag" and there is a sleve that slides down over the broomstick to hold it onto the bike. The whole setup would only cost a few dollars even if you had to buy everything brand new.
You'll have to excuse my messy basement, I was in a hurry getting ready for work when I took the pics.
Sewing and Plumbing- two things that do not seem like they relate directly to cycling. Well I guess they can because I used my PVC pipe and my sewing machine to come up with a simple, lightweight solution to the problem of getting a couple brooms to my work area. The PVC is 1" thin walled glued with general purpose PVC solvent. I didn't have any 1" end caps at my house so I used elbows instead. They do not serve any purpose other than preventing the need for a trip to the hardware store last night. The head of the push broom stores in a bag I sewed from some scrap fabric I had laying around the house. The broom head is in a 3 sided "bag" and there is a sleve that slides down over the broomstick to hold it onto the bike. The whole setup would only cost a few dollars even if you had to buy everything brand new.
You'll have to excuse my messy basement, I was in a hurry getting ready for work when I took the pics.
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Now if you could make the rack pivot, and put a push broom in it, you could just drag it behind you.
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All you need now is one of those small garbage cans to pick up the debris. They could easily be modded to pick up the stuff.
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In most areas, the debris (mostly gravel) can be swept off the sides of the trail, but for areas where a lot of what is being swept is glass and plastic fragments I should look into a way to propperly dispose of the trash. The plastic bin idea is a good one but I don't have a spare trashcan to mount to the bike. I do have plenty of spare fabric so maybe I'll try to sew up a reusable trash bag. I like your idea though.
-Ryan the bicycle janitor
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The elbows will come in handy if you ever ride in the rain... would hate to see (smell?) those tubes slowly filling up with muckwater ;-)
Nice little bit of accidental engineering!
Nice little bit of accidental engineering!