http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Will it Hold? Or... Homemade wall racks en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:46:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134980 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:27:05 +0000 Focus 134980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.sportpursuit.com/blog/cycling/upcycled-bicycles-25-clever-bike-part-art/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MemberLoveEmail-Mens%20%2825%29&amp;utm_content=&amp;spMailingID=7437579&amp;spUserID=NzMyMDE5ODIxMzcS1&amp;spJobID=99548604&amp;spReportId=OTk1NDg2MDQS1#.UpclaRTGp6Y">A few ideas, including the wall mounts.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134941 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:38:43 +0000 kaputnik 134941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>ks fantastic! You should sell them!<br /> </em></p> <p>Thanks Dave - actually you can buy these (more professionally made than mine!) but you're talking about £140. Bike Station do something similar for £40, but with the stem welded onto a supporting frame, so cosmetically it looks rather industrial. Also uses Aheadset parts which I think lack the elegance of the forged quill stem.</p> <p>It's a plaster-on-brick wall, which I drilled well into the brickwork and have used extra long screws to go through the stem, the wood and into the wall.</p> <p>I thought about bolting the stem directly to the wood, but that was too shoogly. I thought about screwing the stem directly into the wall, but then it would place the bike too close to the wall and also risk crushing the plaster. The wood works well as a base as the metal can crush slightly as it tightens and spreads the load across the wall. </p> <p>The rawlplugs are rated for 30kg into brick and plaster, and the bike weighs ~9kg so I'm fairly confident it will hold up! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134927 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:42:53 +0000 DaveC 134927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks fantastic! You should sell them! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134916 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:09:54 +0000 algo 134916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like that a lot - a mechanical moose about your hoose. My anglegrinder has sadly bitten the dust - I have countersinks but genuinely don't know if they'd work for aluminium... fwiw I used hammer in fixings for my bike rack thing - if you hit a brick they work well and a are a piece of cake to get in </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134904 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:47:35 +0000 Focus 134904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yellow tape handy if you have an other half who doesn't like you going out for late night rides so you can put the bike back in place with only the aid of moonlight ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134903 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:47:18 +0000 Smudge 134903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks for "like" button :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134897 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:51:28 +0000 Nelly 134897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice, but too much yellow bar tape ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11744#post-134894 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:28:46 +0000 kaputnik 134894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What do you get if you take an old piece of wood, a quill stem, a band saddle clamp, some old drop bars and a horrible cheap leather saddle you never liked anyway, and set about them with steel wool, brasso, the drill and extra long screws?</p> <p>The bullhorn wall rack!<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/11090667614"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/11090667614_f3a4435eea.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/11090568965"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/11090568965_bed25d34a1.jpg"></a></p> <p>The idea isn't mine, but the execution was. It can certainly be improved upon with access to an angle grinder and a drill bit capable of countersinking aluminium. </p>