Comments on: Rack Tabs are here

By: Alex Wetmore

Alex Wetmore — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:37:50 +0000

Check with Eric Estlund of Winter Bicycles, he made a new batch recently.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:58:29 +0000

Hello- I know this post is very old, and I am sure these are long gone, but what are the chances of another run? I”d email you but I couldn”t find contact info anywhere. You can reach me at deutscheclique (at) gmail.

Thanks

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:02:09 +0000

Well, that was fast. It looks like I”m delivering and mailing out the last of my tabs today, and then will be wiped out of my initial production run.

If they are popular (and so far those who have seen them have really liked them) then I”ll be doing another production run soon. I might do some in stainless (I”ve had a couple of people request those).

Alistair was the first to use them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/4021197260/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/4020436733/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/4021196136/

By: Chauncey Matthews

Chauncey Matthews — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:27:04 +0000

Nice execution of a great idea. I”ll be making my first racks this month and, if possible, I”d love to get about 6-8 of each size. Please email to koyconn(at)aol(dot)com and let me know.
thanks,
Chauncey.

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:34:49 +0000

They”d be easy to retrofit to your rack if you”d like Rory…

By: rory

rory — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:22:10 +0000

these look like a good option to help build a rack that isnt lopsided…

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:42:40 +0000

Zhefei — They are for any style of rack. The larger ones are well suited to large porteur racks which are secured with M6 bolts. The smaller ones work well for smaller porteur racks, rear racks, or handlebar bag racks.

They aren”t that large. The small ones are designed for an M5 bolt head and have a radius not much larger than a typical M5 washer. The large ones are scaled up for M6.

By: Zhefei

Zhefei — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:44:56 +0000

I love waterjet parts. What kind of loads are these racks seeing? I was about to say they look way overbuilt, but then I realized the pictures make them look far bigger than they actually are.

I”m a new reader to your blog (from a link on BikeHugger). Cool stuff you”re doing.

By: Russ Norvell

Russ Norvell — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:31:11 +0000

Hey that’’s a great idea. I”d take 4 off your hands if they”re still available
Russ in SLC

By: Spencer Wright

Spencer Wright — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:30:55 +0000

I made some of these earlier this year out of stainless, it was a huge relief not to have to hacksaw and file them. Eventually it”d be cool to have some plug or socket style tabs CNC”d, but simple tabs like these are awesome.