Custom Stainless Steel Rack For Gravel Bike: Front Rack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video I make a stainless steel rack for my gravel bike. This is meant to carry low weights and to avoid the handlebar bag from rubbing with the front wheel on bikepacking trips. Wear protective equipment when welding, particularly when stick welding stainless steel.
Contents of this video:
00:00 - Measurements
00:31- Fabricating the top part
05:19 - Fork Mounts
06:28 - Assembly
06:51 - Test Ride
#FabricationLife #GravelBikes #Bikepacking
1:30… totally satisfied 😂 great measures
Anyone complaining about the cost of a front rack should watch this :)
Beautiful build! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent, very inspiring. Beautifully filmed and presented.
Thank you!
Truly impressive work, looks so clean. And thank you for the cute surprise at the end 🐈
What an incredible job my friend. You have a lot of talent on your hands. Also enjoy pretty much listening the chickens, best background soundtrack.
Thank you my dear friend! Bring your gravel bike next time you're near by. If you want we can think of a rack for your gravel rig! Chickens are copyright-free.
Very nice front rack. I have been looking for ideas and would love to copy this. Unfortunately, it is beyond my current capabilities as I never learned to weld. I may have to take a course.
Wow, beautifully made, great work!
Looks great! Nice little project! I taught myself to weld about 8-10 years ago and got pretty decent spoolgun MIG welding aluminum and standard MIG welding steel. Never welded a ton of stainless but it went ok. Somehow I NEVER realized that you can stick weld stainless, that's killer!
Thanks! Yes, if you take your time and don't rush it you can weld thin stainless with a stick welder. Just choose the right settings.
what an AWESOME work you did,this is the best video of making a front rack! 👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Great work - clean design.
Great job. Awesome cat! 👍🏼
Very cool and very inspiring.
You make it look so easy. Well done!
I love watching this video, fantastic work
Well done!
Great craftmanshift.
When art meets craftsmanship!
Thanks for the words!
Brilliant! And great skills too :)
nicely done!!
Beautiful
AWESOME!
Wonderful!
Grazie Massimo!
Nice work
So good....
Nice 😉👍🌻
Good job, I don't have the tools to make it, I don't like to buy aluminium racks because they break and not strong like steel, but stainless steel racks are expensive, I need it for 700c road bike, my bicycle doesn't have the top eyelets.
Cute cat!
bravo!
Yeay - I‘d like to see more bike related videos 😀
Thanks! I'm planing on making a video making a bicycle frame, now that I made my first one, however time is always scarce.
@@ivznh I am very excited and have already subscribed to your channel. Good luck 🙌
gratulacje i szcuneksuper robota , własnie szukam przedniego bagaznika pod worek do mtb i nic mi sie nie podoba jeszcze raz super robota :)
1AAAA Super!!!!💪💪
Top 👌
Awesome 👍
Do you make these to order? I have a Fearless warlock
@@thegrindjp8067 I would love to accept that challenge, however, for a decent fit I need to have the fork with me. Do you know if the warlock shares the same bolt bosses location on the fork blades as in the vulture? A tight fit is really necessary, in my opinion.
Nice thk u
Muito bom trabalho. Ficou com optimo aspecto!
Obrigado! :)
golden hands
Very nice Video, you should Sell this🎉
I will make similar but bigger front rack with seamless steel 10 x 1 mm pipe and inner reinforcement with 8 x 0,5 mm or aluminium 8 mm rod. TIG weld. Bright colour paintjob, orange, light blue or similar. I just need good pipe bender and time enough .
Boa peça !!
Subed. I desperately was searching for this exact rack design. Your is the only one! (top fork fender hole + mid fork mounting hole) Do you take orders? I'm a handy guy but I can't weld.
Oh man, exactly this I would need for my current bike trip. I am so upset because the front rack I bought is not fitting properly - I was seeing tons of mechanics and there is no creativity at all on how to adjust it. I would know how or at least have several ideas about it, but no tools :(. A pity you leave in Portugal ;). Best, Christina
carai brabo
Subscrito, gostei muito dos vídeos 👌
Obrigado Mário! 🙏🏻
How many amps were you using on the welder? What size/type of rod? Positive or Negative ground?
Beautiful job, mesmerizing to watch!
What wall thickness is this tubing? Looking to buy a similar bender, for 1.5mm wall SS tube
Well done! Which Ridgit 600-series is that tube bender? Also, what diameter tube did you use?
What electrodes are those? how is he not blowing holes in the tubes? Really nice job.
There are (at least) two reasons for not blowing holes: 1) all tubes are notched properly so no gaps exist and 2) small electrodes and proper amperage combined with spot welding.
Whoa this is looks so neat and sturdy. I bought a front rack for my bike but it's fit poorly. I wonder if I need to do custom jobs myself given that I have no welding or metal cutting skill. Also my for doesn't have eyelets
It's not worth taking years of evening classes to make this. Better to just buy one.
Beautiful work, what is the tool for pipe bending from Ridgid called?
Hi Ivo, super project, what width of stainless electrode did you use? Also what's the advantage of the 10mm Ridgid bender vs a cheap 10mm one? Thanks!
Thanks. I have to re-check but I used 1.6 - 2 mm rods, the smaller the better in my opinion. Ridgid tube bender is the cheapest option where I live to bend Stainless Steel. SS is tricky to bend (and very hard) so the cheap ones will just break under load. I broke 2 and gave up wasting money.
can you give me details on the welder and stick you used to weld this? is this aluminum or steel? thanks
excellent work, my friend!
Inspiring, please tell me
What diameter and thickness is the tube?
How many amps did you use for the machine and what type of electrode (Rod)?
Thanks! 10mm OD tube with 1.2 mm wall thickness and 308 rods at ~40 amps.
Kind of a small Rack don't you think. I like to transport a lot more than that would hold.
Obviously it's great but how many hours did it take to make this?
Hi, this awesome work. I was wondering if you could figure a front rack for an electric bike (G4 from GoCycle). The main idee would be to have stem mount and the rack that can attach, because of the folding feature. Thx
Thank you for the kind words. I made one rack for stem just for fabrication purposes (see my instagram page @ivznh). The main limitation of such rack is the leverage caused by the load. If the stem is not strong enough damage can occur.
It is nice! I would like making it. Where do you buy bend machine? It work awesome
So cool!!! I love the cat 😁
Question, do you sell your racks???
I do not sell racks per se. What I do and I've done is custom racks for specific forks. Fork mounts are a different in different forks so making one size that fits all is difficult.
we need to know what snacks you were carrying on the rack!
Bread because I forgot the money to buy beer.
Que maravilha para ir ao pão! :D ass. Carlos Melo
Obrigado Carlos! É mesmo para isso e para ir à loja!
Beautiful project, congrats¡¡...do you have the specs, please?....salute¡¡¡¡
Muito bom, nem seria de esperar outra coisa de ti! Apenas melhoraria a banda sonora do vídeo.
Abraço.
Obrigado! 🙏🏻 Tenho então de ver se dou comer às galinhas antes do vídeo para ver se fazem menos barulho :P
Is that a 5" vice? and what bending tool it is? thanks!
It is a Ridgid tube bender, from the 400 series.
excellent. will make one. DO you have a video for the rear rack?
Thanks. I have plans to make one, but no time for that at the moment.
Fuck you are smart!!
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6:29 the holes at the middle of the fork might diminish its streagth - other than that excellent job
The holes at the middle of the fork were placed there by the manufacturer. They do not compromise its structural integrity.
@@ivznh ok I see, at my bike they do not exist
I want
60 Precisava. De. Dois. Pedais
What kind of welding is this? I see flux core cheaply available at Harbor Freight, and wondering if thats a possibility
This is just regular stick welding with a 1.6 mm (or 1/16") 304 stainless steel rod. Since the tubing is so thin I have to spot weld it to avoid holes.