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!Brendon wrote about modifying a bike hitch a little while ago, and I recently stumbled upon this bike that incorporates a standard hitch used on cars. [...]

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Not a lot of businesses provide bike parking. If you want to park your bike outside, most often you end up leaning it against a wall or finding the closest tree, parking meter, or pole. On a business trip to Tallahassee, Florida I visited this coffee shop and was excited to see that [...]

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As much fun as it can be to come up with your own hack solutions, every once in a while it is nice to have a company do the “heavy lifting” for you. Backpacks and panniers have positives and negatives. Panniers are great because you don’t carry the weight on your back and [...]

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If you commute a lot a good bike rack can be a huge bonus. A backpack or specially designed messenger bag can be great ways to haul stuff around, but it often turns into a sweaty and uncomfortable circumstance. A particularly heavy bag can also cut off circulation to your hands which can [...]

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Okay, I admit it, I can compete with any woman who carries a huge purse when it comes to carrying stuff around with me. Wallet, keys, ChapStick, gum, MP3 player, camera, phone, etc. When I first started bike commuting one of the most frustrating things for me was having to repack all of [...]

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When you commute or run around town you often lock up and run in and out of places. You still face the threat of that minor mechanical problem or flat tire so tools are a necessity. A variety of small bags for tools are designed to fit under your seat or possibly connect [...]

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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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:: Guest post by Handsome Ryan ::
These hardside panniers cost just under $30 to build but they are super rugged and, although weight weenies need not apply, they hold a lot of stuff.

The idea for these ‘bags’ began after purchasing my new bike. It had a rack, but a rack is only as good if [...]

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Well, these panniers aren’t quite entirely made of duct tape, but they sure use a lot! Kent Peterson put up a great page detailing how to make these duct tape panniers. The concept is pretty simple and definitely hackable–there ought to be tons of variations on this same design.
The basic idea is to acquire a couple of [...]

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