Eeepc bicycle mount

Step 3 Upper part, the notebook shelf

Make another plywood shelf, same size as your notebook. Now the size matters. First take some aluminum. I got mine from an old CD-ROM, it even had some sponge like amortization stuff very well glued to it. Saw two pieces 2cm wide and some 6cm long. You can make them wider, or even make just one, but depending on your notebook touch pad or some buttons placement try not to cover any essential stuff. Also take a look at where the ventilation exhausts are, try not to cover them. Place your notebook on the shelf and put the two aluminum pieces vertically in front and draw two horizontal lines, where you need them to be bent. Then squeeze them in vice, so the line is aligned with vice edge. and carefully hammer - bend them to 90 degrees. After two attempts you should have them like flat sided U shape. The second attempt would go better with pliers, but they have to be with flat and long enough edge. And you have to hold them very tight when you hammer. And rest your pliers at the ends on something hard, the vice for example. It is enough with just one hole in each part. One short screw will hold it. Remember to file the screw flat to the plywood level, if it comes a bit out of it.
Now the back rest, the most forward one. It is simply an aluminum holder for your notebook not to slide forward, especially when you brake. It holds to the upper shelf by three screws, all were a few millimeters longer than needed, so I filed them to same level as plywood. But only after I saw some scratches on my notebooks battery. The black part on it is again the sponge like stuff. If you haven't and old CD-ROM drive, then you need to glue some sponge or rubber there. In the middle there is a metal bolt with a nut, which holds a little hook, which in turn holds the rubber rings two in my case for each upper screen corners, I just tied them together to make long enough.. This is necessary, my trial an error testing phase showed, that the notebook can slide-jump-rotate out and decide to move in another direction than you. But I was lucky somehow catching it on the way down almost at pedal level. Not sure how long the rubber rings will hold, but I still have enough of them from old times. They were used to hold together a lot of bus tickets at bus stations.
The third thing for the upper shelf is two metal L shaped things on both sides, to not let the notebook move sideways. I screwed them with two screws each, but it should be sure enough with one screw. I had them with some holes, so I didn't need to drill. I bent a little end of them inwards, so they better hold the notebook. This is a weak part of my design, as it is a bit hard to get the notebook in and out. And they make a little rattle noise when harsh road conditions encountered. That could be remedied by gluing some rubber to them. Will try that at some time.