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< General ~ How to make a cratie (i.e. how to bungee crate to bike) |
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ChrisAdyNelson
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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:04 am |
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 Regularly rides in ShelbyvilleJoined: Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:04 pmPosts: 1252Location: Wild Wild West
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Whatsisname
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:18 pm |
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 Saw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:01 pmPosts: 1983Location: Lake Calhoun
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Personally I found hose clamps to be much more effective.
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ralphy
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:03 pm |
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| Secret: wants a tall bikeJoined: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:51 pmPosts: 426Location: Battle Creek
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Whatsisname wrote: Personally I found hose clamps to be much more effective. Those always made me nervous. Something just feels wrong about concentrating the load on a thinwall tube. I've done the crate thing before on other bikes, and I've cooled on the whole idea. When there's stuff like this available; http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_165648_-1___202599http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_543342_-1___202599And I bought these several years ago; http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_165648_-1___202599Handed them down to my nephew, and they're still seeing daily use, still going strong. They're so much better for handling, and not that expensive, I just don't see the point in craties.
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livewombat
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:13 pm |
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Quote: I just don't see the point in craties. I like them for city riding because I figure drivers never run over a milk crate.
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phaedrus
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:33 pm |
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ralphy wrote: I just don't see the point in craties. They've got some upsides: * You can easily toss things in and take them out w/o spending any time opening them up. * You can leave them on your bike pretty much anywhere and they are very unlikely to be stolen * You can fit a lot more in them than can fit in most panniers. * They're really really cheap. * You don't have to worry about weather at all - water doesn't pool, snow doesn't collect, and they pretty much don't solar degrade in a timeframe that you've got to worry about. I like riding a cargo bike for many of the same reasons, but cost to benefit wise, its hard to beat a crate.
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Whatsisname
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:57 pm |
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you can also tie plastic grocery bags to the mesh of the crate for extra hauling capacity.
Long ago I had a stolen grocery basket on the rear rack, and a milk crate hoseclamped to the handlebars. That was a win setup.
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Ted-D
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:19 pm |
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Whatsisname wrote: Personally I found hose clamps to be much more effective. Agreed, I've had zipties slip if under decent load. Also, Wald baskets are pretty cheap and I've ridden with a 12 pack of bottles around 10 miles or so with no incident.
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repeet
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:02 pm |
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I agree with all of the above love for the rack mounted milk crate. Plus, personal pizzas from the local pizza joint fit perfectly in it.
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dasunt
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:56 am |
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phaedrus wrote: * You can fit a lot more in them than can fit in most panniers. I've lost a 2 liter in my panniers, so it doesn't really apply. 
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Trillian
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:06 pm |
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| Seen bumming tubes on The GreenwayJoined: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:52 pmPosts: 33
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Ted-D wrote: Whatsisname wrote: Personally I found hose clamps to be much more effective. Agreed, I've had zipties slip if under decent load. Also, Wald baskets are pretty cheap and I've ridden with a 12 pack of bottles around 10 miles or so with no incident. I got a package of metal zipties from American Science and Surplus. Those things are awesome! (That's how my Wald baskets are attached to my bike because I couldn't make the enclosed hardware work with the rack I already had.)
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Ted-D
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:34 pm |
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Trillian wrote: I got a package of metal zipties from American Science and Surplus. Interesting. I must admit I didn't know those existed.
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Trillian
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:03 pm |
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| Seen bumming tubes on The GreenwayJoined: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:52 pmPosts: 33
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Ted-D wrote: Trillian wrote: I got a package of metal zipties from American Science and Surplus. Interesting. I must admit I didn't know those existed. Says they came from NAPA Auto Parts on the package. I think they were meant for high temperature applications.
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