{"id":3831,"date":"2024-04-29T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:17:47","slug":"rack-one-up-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=3831","title":{"rendered":"Rack one up to success!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is the third of a three-part post. To read the first part, please click here.<\/a> To read the second part, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finished the bike rack clamps yesterday. I drilled and tapped the holes that needed threading, and I then took the parts to the buffing wheel where I made them look very shiny. In the end they were really nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are the finished clamps to hold the Pletscher Athlete rack on my Superstrata bicycle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had no trouble doing the finish work, except the threading of the holes using some taps I bought from Amazon. These didn\u2019t work as well as other taps I have, so I had to use an extraordinary amount of downward force to get the taps to bite into the aluminum. My right palm is still sore today from that activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I took the parts to my garage and mounted them to the bicycle frame. They went on as planned, and I tightened them in place, ready to attach the Pletscher rack. To get that to fit I had to bend the vertical struts a bit, as the rear of the Superstrata is wider than a normal bicycle. Then it was just a matter of tightening all the clamps in place, and adjusting the connecting points to the rack. About an hour later I had the rack on the bike, and a smile on my face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here you can see the rack on the back of my Superstrata. It fits nicely, and I can put a significant load on the rack, including my two nylon panier bags. I am confident that this will work well for me and my stuff as I ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s possible to see my aluminum bracket behind the rack plate at the bottom. It is fortunate that Pletscher makes this rack with significant adjustability. Because of that, I was able to mount the rack without difficulty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the front seat post clamp on the seat post stub. My clamp pinches that post, while the Pletscher rack attaches to the wings of my clamp. This is a very sturdy arrangement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thus ends this short-term odyssey. It has been fun and educational, and I saved a lot of money! Overall, I probably spent $50 0n parts and tools. I lost track of how many hours I spent making these brackets. Any way you look at it, I got a good deal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the third of a three-part post. To read the first part, please click here. To read the second part, please click here. I finished the bike rack clamps yesterday. I drilled and tapped the holes that needed threading, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1008,960,29],"tags":[1018,299,1019,1016,1011,1017,1010,108],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-bicycling","category-building-things","category-gadgets","tag-adding-a-rack-to-a-carbon-fiber-bike","tag-brian-p-lawler","tag-cnc-machining","tag-cnc-machining-of-aluminum","tag-machining-aluminum","tag-machining-bicycle-parts","tag-superstrata","tag-the-blognosticator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3853,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}