Ecomodded myself out of a car! (How to save even more money)

[AndrzejM]

Originally Posted by Sven7

Andrzej, thank you for the accolades! I had fun with the cars but feel more comfortable with this route. Simplifies my life, for sure.

Incidentally, I have the same rack problem as you. The solution?

Old Man Mountain racks mount through the QR skewer, so you can put them on any bike that has a quick release axle! It's a pain to take the wheels off, but the utility of the racks more than makes up for it.

For a close-up, http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...s-25987-5.html

That's an interesting thing... I'll try to fabricatee something simillar. Thanks!

[Sven7]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

First decent distance ride today in almost 50 years. 7 miles round trip, about 30 minutes time on the bike.

Fresh set of tires and SOFTER seat for me olde arse.

regards
mech

Sounds like errands to me! But you made good time on that ole electroforged beauty.

Originally Posted by AndrzejM

That's an interesting thing... I'll try to fabricatee something simillar. Thanks!

Good luck! But I think they're worth the price if you can swing it.

[leanAztek]

Originally Posted by campisi

Riding 26 miles a day (to and from work) is just a little more than I want to do so once a week is good enough for me!

I used to do 11 miles one way. I looked at how many miles I'd ride in a few hours Mountain Biking. Then realized 11 miles is less than half that. Tried it on a Saturday. Started doing it as much as 3 times a week.

Later, I would ride to work, ride to MTB trails in the same day. I would rack up 50+ miles those days. To be able to do that again...

It's possible is my point, and then some. Work your way up to it. Take the truck with the bike. Ride the bike home, then ride in. Take the truck home. Now you only do the miles on the bike once per day and cut your truck miles in half!

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by AndrzejM

You have a very interesting setup, with rack supportorted on the wheel axles. Neat!

Uh ... mounting these on the axles is very much a standard set-up

Maybe look at the Dutch solutions
and search for fiets + transportrek
fiets transportrek - Google zoeken

or fiets + bagagerek
fiets + bagagerek - Google zoeken