it may not be very clean and probably also costs about a thenth of all the other bikes here but dayum I like the looks, the speed and my custom rear rack!! Couldnt be happier with how it turned out. Should I do like a tutorial/part list post?
by United-Job1238
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if this looks familiar that is because I already posted it on Bikeporn but apparently im fucking delusional about how it looks and my post got removed. Probaby because the pic isn’t perfect or something.
Edit:
this bothers me a lot apparently; 4/5 comments were completely positive. I see that some bikes are a lot more custom and all of them are a whole lot more expensive but the rules just state that they have to be a little custom and unusual. My bike isn’t extremely custom but am S-works with different tyres ain’t really custom either. Yeah this bothers me way more than it should.
Tl;dr:
Ignore my rant
The rack is very pretty but I’m not sure I could put my ortliebs on there without dragging the spokes. And seems like the top clips would chew through the crossbar (i do this somewhat with aluminum). Do you mind sharing what you use it for?
Congrats on the build, very tidy.
The value of Decathlon bikes can’t be beaten, great setup OP!
looks great and neat, but … how is that not risky?
tire wobble, frame flex and eventually pannier rack flex might lead to unwanted consequences.
possibly I’m missing something, but tbh anything potentially interfering with tires, rim and spokes after a bump (or similar) doesn’t look great.
yeah, i’ve been thinking about making a similar rack. i’m more interested in what you like and don’t like about it, and what you’d do differently if you were building another one, than in the materials or the build process.