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on: March 24, 2013, 03:21:16 PM
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303-biker
Location: Denver, Co.
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well it's not as refined as Salsa's version but it seems to hold things...
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Topic Name: The DIY anything cage
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Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 03:31:38 PM
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 03:31:38 PM » |
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I started out with a strip of 1"x1/8" aluminum, lightly heated it with a propane soldering torch and did some bending.
Knowing that I didn't want the aluminum ridding against my frame I pulled a cut up old road bike tube over the entire thing, which fit perfectly and provided a measure of protection and grippy-ness
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Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 03:34:57 PM
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 03:34:57 PM » |
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I had a cut up a old set of aero bars in the parts bin, which provided the two arm rests. The arm rests with the padding removed fit a nalgene bottle perfectly!
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Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 03:46:07 PM
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 03:46:07 PM » |
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then I drilled four holes in the aluminum strip, two for the bottle mounts and two for the arm rests. since the goal was to have the aluminum strip sit flush against the bike frame I couldn't bolt or rivet the arm rests in place and then have something sticking out the back. So I decided that threading the aluminum, then bolting with thread locker should hold the arm rests in place sufficiently seeing as they aren't load bearing.
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Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 03:58:48 PM
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 03:58:48 PM » |
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before bolting everything together I drilled two holes into the arm rest to allow access to the frame bolts. all told it is about two ounces heaver than the salsa cage but the project saved me twenty some bucks and killed a snowy saturday morning...
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Topic Name: The DIY anything cage
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Reply #5 on: March 25, 2013, 05:56:16 AM
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Location: Durango, CO
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2013, 05:56:16 AM » |
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Nice work!
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