Monday I spent an hour or three throwing together a bike rack from lumber and hardware I had laying around. Wanted to take our bikes with us for camping near Chattanooga.
The only purchased parts were the two fork clamps, about $15 each from Amazon.
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Great idea.
We prefer hauling our bikes in the CampLite, too!!!!!
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I got the wheel holders in and mounted, painted the wood parts and put in channels for the wheels:
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Pretty sure its about done now!
That looks great. How much do you think the rack itself weighs?
Just under 8 lbs.
As is, it folds up to be a tad more compact:
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I could add one more wing nut and it could come apart into 3 pieces and store pretty flat, but not sure I have the need.