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    Testing a 5 bike rack

    G'day bike riders, I've been developing, building and testing a prototype of a five bike rack over the last few months, and it's pretty awesome if I do say!

    The main difference to other racks is that it holds five full sized MTB vertically by the front wheel. The only part of the bike touching the rack are the tyres, the bikes stack close together and they don't rub. You can fit all bikes from kids 20" up to 29". Super quick to load/UN load, excellent shuttle rack.

    Not far off production, stay tuned, I'll post in the verandah section when ready.

    Cheers, Andrew.


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    What about visibility of the vehicles taillights?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vern View Post
    What about visibility of the vehicles taillights?

    Good point, some vehicles lights are visible from behind, otherwise the best option is a simple light/numberplate board bungee strapped to the seats. Short cord plugging into trailer plug. As used buy some small boat trailers. I'll source a good supplier and offer as an option.
    Cheers, Andrew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shingleback View Post
    Good point, some vehicles lights are visible from behind, otherwise the best option is a simple light/numberplate board bungee strapped to the seats. Short cord plugging into trailer plug. As used buy some small boat trailers. I'll source a good supplier and offer as an option.
    Cheers, Andrew.
    You can get bike carrier specific ones if you do a google search. I've just bought one I'll post the link tonight.

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    Just googled mine is called a Buzz Rack Plate Holder. $80 from bicyclestore.com.au

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    Quote Originally Posted by loneranger View Post
    Just googled mine is called a Buzz Rack Plate Holder. $80 from bicyclestore.com.au
    Excellent, thanks for that! I knew you could get them I just hadn't got around to looking, cheers, Andrew

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    Do you have anymore pics of the rack?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vern View Post
    Do you have anymore pics of the rack?
    Yes heaps of pics, will post more with all the details once ready to produce. Has been quite a lot of testing and development to get it right, so stay tuned.


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    Do you have any images closer to how the wheels are held in? I would worry that the weight of the bike downwards may attribute to stress on the wheel causing the wheel to bend, create stress fractures and or damage the hubs. Especially in rough conditions. Most tracks i ride on the access tracks are rough and bikes get thrown around from this.

    I like your idea for ease of shuttling, though the engineering feat would to be to have an adjustable back wheel support. One that can go up and down for wheel/bike length to take some pressure off the front wheel and yet stay locked in.

    Dig creativeness

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernd VonCrashen View Post
    I would worry that the weight of the bike downwards may attribute to stress on the wheel causing the wheel to bend, create stress fractures and or damage the hubs.
    I originally wonder ed the same thing, but then got to thinking that surely it can't be any more stress than what a rider would attribute when on the bike? If anything, the fork bearings might be taking the load at a different angle, but I reckon they could cop it ok.

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