Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!Reader Jim sent us a great front rack hack (say that three times fast) that involves a hacked milk crate. The full Flickr set with annotations [...]

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Lately I’ve been eyeballing some repair stands and contemplating building my own. I don’t have a real garage, just a carport with a small attached shop area. The shop area has a workbench, but there’s just not much room to move. So I’m thinking of building a movable repair stand. Something that I can put [...]

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Frequent commenter and contributer (see bar end light entry) Ryan gives this example of a bike community service project . . .
A local greenway trail had a section covered in about 4″ of muck from recent rain storms. I knew I wanted to clear it off but how would I get a shovel there? I [...]

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CETMA racks are the coolest. They’re front mounted racks of varying sizes that are pretty much bombproof. And they’re made in Eugene, Oregon…just a couple hours south of me. One day I will acquire one (maybe this year!)–probably a five rail rack with the fence, powdercoated.
I’ve also lusted after Ahearne racks, here in Portland. But [...]

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If you’ve ever had to lock your bike up out of your sight in a publicly accessible place, you are probably familiar with the gnawing feeling in your gut that makes you wonder if your ride will still be there when you return. There are ways to help alleviate the gnawing, not the least of [...]

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mumblion over on Flickr posted a great picture of a bike rack hack. There are no instructions, but the point was to carry large pieces of paper on a bike rack. Here is what it looks like took place:
1) Bungee cord a piece of wood flat on top of the rack
2) Find [...]

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Here’s a nice little project for the weekend, provided you’ve got access to your cubicle. These are pretty decent instructions for building a bike rack for your cubicle.
The end result is a 1×3 board with a wall-mount bike rack screwed into it. The board is secured to your cubicle wall with standard 1″ backpack [...]

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Supa sweet bike rack that requires no locks and resists thieves (at least thieves without ladders). Use your smart card to bring down the rack, roll your bike up to the tree, hook your tire into the rack, and watch it float into the canopy. I love this. (via)

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Quick pointer to a great bike hack over at BikeCommuters.com. The picture pretty much says it all, but basically you cobble together a spare seatpost, saddle, seapost-mounted rack, and some panniers.

Bingo, you’ve got a hot-swappable cargo module. Keep your bike free of cargo cruft until you need it, then drop in this modular cargo rig.
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Here is an excellent tutorial on making your own two-bike rack from standard PVC pipe. If your conscience can handle the environmental disaster that is PVC, then get on it. I’ll be making mine this weekend!
This rack was designed by a guy who does adventure races (you know, with the compass, and the running and [...]

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