I saw /u/Hans_jungle’s awesome metal plate for Surly’s rack here a few months ago; I loved the concept but wanted to make my own to suit my primary use case: toddler-toting. Since I’m too dumb for metal, I went with bamboo.
Features:
• corner cutouts for cargo nets/bungee cords;
• two cupholders (yes, they spill open drinks but not as bad as I expected, I can get two coffees with lids home pretty reliably);
• Toddler snack holder mesh pocket (he always wants half a granola bar, the other half lives here); doubles as a cargo net stash;
• phone holder in the middle with elastic strap (actually works way better than I expected);
• U-lock slot (had to get creative with the strap to keep it from bouncing around);
• underside mounted light.
Turned out really to be more useful than I hoped and I can still strap pizzas or 24 packs no problem (although unfortunately my 24 pack drinking days are mostly behind me).
Link to the original (and way more rad version) from /u/Hans_Jungle: https://www.reddit.com/r/xbiking/s/PZB8WZzuLq
by kepleronlyknows
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Very, very cool!
So incredibly sick. 10/10
I missed the original post 11 months ago. I’m tempted to do something like this with wood.