Bike rack for full suspension mountain bike

Step 4 Assembly -- final touches

This part is easy.

First, attach the short segment of the L-shaped vertical support to the bottom of the bike rack with a few screws and nuts.

Then, once the bike rack is already attached to the bike (by the supports leading to the axel area), affix the long part of the L-shaped vertical support to the small angle bracket, and you have yourself a solid bike rack in place.

Done!

Remember, this rack rides on the rear suspension element, not the bike frame. This means it does not itself enjoy the benefits of suspension -- don't put your laptop, fine china, or kitten on it. It is ESSENTIAL to test make sure the front of the rack won't collide with the back of the bike frame at any point. You can test this by adjusting your suspension choke to be way soft and then lean down on the bike while eyeballing the rack. If it comes close to colliding, you'll have to loosen the screws on the angle bracket and angle the rack posteriorly away from the frame and re-tighten it in that position. Mine doesn't come close to colliding.

Do a pre-flight check:

• Recheck that all the screws are tight.
• Trim nonessential metal off the angle brackets with the saw to protect your fingers, tires, and pant legs. Trim enough from the angle brackets, if necessary in your case, to let you remove the tire without fiddling with the angle brackets.
• Then put your pannier(s) on the bike (40kg of self-roasted coffee beans, or a boombox for Friday's critical mass, perhaps), and go for a test ride!

� D.I.Y. or die !

Comments

[nutjob]

It looks like tere is enough room to put in a short piece of plastic gutter inverted below the rack to shield the contents of your panier, or save the muddy track on your back in the rain.

[superhubbardman]

i like it, really well written man good job. 5* btw it's not lie 3:30am or whatever over her in New Zealand lawl its 10:41pm