Cheap bike rack

Step 4 Finishing touches

In order to make the rack more useful and user friendly, I added some special features.:

- Rows of holes along the top edge of each side so you can temporarily jam in bamboo sticks or dowels to make more of a table like surface (for carrying a stack of pizza boxes)
- I also shaped the part of the rack where it sits between your legs, so that if you do accidentally brush against it while peddling, you won't be hitting a corner, just a nice rounded edge.
- The lower half of the rack's ends are tapered, just so it doesn't look like a battering ram.

Comments

[satchelhayes]

i really like this design!
i made a quick one that was good but it swayed too much while i was riding.
i recently lost my bike was and with it the rack so im starting over , the only piece i like to add is ,with my old rack and i think this one as well,
loading them is a problem because the kick stand isnt meant to balance something that top heavy and they are unstable.
my idea is to find some sort of two sided kick stand , like they have on mopeds but other wise im lost.
any ideas 

[mysss]

they sell these. try rivendell bicycle works' web site. I admit this may not provide the cheapest example, but if you search for "kickstand" you will get the item(s).

[mrmoonshineman]

any trouble with the bamboo sticks rattling out while underway? looks very nice and secure overall.

[mydian_nightshade]

I think I had planned on threading string through the bamboo to cinch it tight against the frame, but I've never tested this design. It was just a school project.

[littlecog]

Sublime! A truly revolutionary idea because of it's simplicity and the measly material resources needed to realize it. Well done!