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Title: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: andygates on 27 April, 2009, 07:34:07 pm: My penny's too big to get in the van without a lorra faff, and it's entirely the wrong shape for an "arms" type of bike carrier. Time to break out the welder!

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3480913542_80d30b8cbb.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andygates/3480913542/)

A bolt through the back will fasten it around the upright, and then a test ride before paint and reflective tape. It's a little bit wibbly... ::-)
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: clarion on 27 April, 2009, 08:57:17 pm: I'm so glad you exist. Otherwise we'd have to use a fevered imagination to create you. ;D
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: Ian H on 27 April, 2009, 09:22:38 pm: You could mass-produce them and sell them to Halfords.
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: Charlotte on 28 April, 2009, 04:05:38 pm: Fantastic work! Are you going to drive up to London with it?
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: Tom B on 28 April, 2009, 05:39:39 pm: Are those tatami mats in the pic, Andy?
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: andygates on 28 April, 2009, 09:45:26 pm: Quote from: Charlotte on 28 April, 2009, 04:05:38 pm
Fantastic work! Are you going to drive up to London with it?

Probably take the train, it's easier. Plus, it's a little flibbly, and Bucephalus is a mighty weight, so I need to test it first!

Does your beastie have a name?

Quote from: Tom B on 28 April, 2009, 05:39:39 pm
Are those tatami mats in the pic, Andy?

Futon bed has tatamis instead of planks. Comfy in a hard-yet-yielding way!
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: Charlotte on 29 April, 2009, 09:29:19 am: Quote from: andygates on 28 April, 2009, 09:45:26 pm
Does your beastie have a name?

Not yet. We're in negotiation. I think it's a she, though :)
Title: Re: Penny carrier (WIP)
Post by: TimO on 29 April, 2009, 10:02:48 am: Is this going to be a back of the car carrier, or a roof rack one? If the latter, with an ordinary you may have to start watching for low bridge signs very carefully!