Custom wood FS rack

[gfacer]

Thought it would be fun to share this.

Bike is a "top of the line" (ie just decent) big box FS for a trip in summer, planning on getting a wider cassette and better pedals.

I'm not thrilled with regular bikepacking setup, nor did panniers seem like a great idea so just a little more strapped to the back seemed like a good idea.....if I had a rack.

The full suspension and big box precluded any normal rack working well, so I used my work fabrication experience and some 3/4 Baltic birch plywood to fab something. I used a CNC router because I have one at work, but a jigsaw and a drill could work too for the basics. Still to be glued, SS screwed, and finished.

Plan is a tent and a 20L drybag on the back (but could go 2x20L) and a 20L drybag off bars with sleeping gear.

I'll probably continue the woody theme with some type of bag mount up front to clear cables.

[taprider]

looks good
nice craftsmanship

[Lentamentalisk]

This is awesome. But don't call it wood. Call it composite. Plywood is basically nature's carbon fiber. I imagine this is actually pretty light, as rear racks go.