Comments on: DIY handlebar Lunchbox thing

By: JohnG

JohnG — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:10:34 +0000

Very Cool DIY

By: johnson

johnson — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:36 +0000

ok you could use giant washers salvaged from the chassis of your neighbors car too.

By: JINX

JINX — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:16:44 +0000

I may try the wingnuts, but I’m not strengthening a lunch box with wood. Not that it isn’t a good idea, just that I’m not trying to overdo something that is supposed to be simple. I would LOVE to see Casey do something of this nature though. It would be like one of those bad ass 70’s conversion vans with airbrushed scenes on the side and lights all over it and a captains chair inside next to the wet bar. He’d probably use a CHiPs lunch box too.
HAHA
Rob

By: johnson

johnson — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:10:45 +0000

velvet doesnt come in wool.

i second the wingnuts.

had anouther thought, via mel: use lauan or luan (low grade mahogany plywood, corrected) to reinforce the inside of the box, which would stiffen it, strengthen it, and barely add weight. i used lauan in my rear bag i designed. drilled for weight reduction of course.

in other news, i passed my orals yesterday. horray me.

By: voice of reason

voice of reason — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:26:22 +0000

OK, so it is purty rad.
I’m down with casey’s lining, but velvet not felt. I mean come on.
Also you should glue the fender washers on and some rubber washers to the box and replace the inner nuts with wing nuts for convenient removal.
It totally needs a built in LED (micro)headlight, maybe some turn signals.

I would be all over one for here. But the cobbles rattle my teeth. Not sure this would survive long.
(before I got mad at it and tossed it in the river)

btw. RideaBike. fixie
-cory v praze

By: RideABike

RideABike — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:28:54 +0000

Looks cool Rob. I’d love to have my Evel Knievel lunch box mounted like that but I’m not puttin’ any holes in that thing.

Some other ideas:

I used to sell some h-bar bags that had a heavy guage wire support bar that started on the side of the bag, went over the h-bars and under the h-bar stem back over the h-bar and back to the other side of the bag. I can’t remember if it was Cannondale or another company.

Cannondale did have some bag system that had a bracket similar to your setup but they used some 1/2″ wide metal strap around the bars.

Is that bike a single or fixed gear?

By: JINX

JINX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:22:51 +0000

It really doesn’t rattle that bad…but I am looking into some different ideas like glueing a piece of rubber around the top of the inside of the lunch box to kinda seal it a little tighter when it’s closed. That’s the part that rattles, the lid when closed. The lunch box is hella flimsy so it’s kinda wonky to begin with. I just want to put things like my phone, some snacks, the queue sheet, and maybe a condom in there.
Q

By: johnson

johnson — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:39:42 +0000

rob this is a rad idea. i really like it. i bet if you bought a can of spray glue (3m super 77) and some felt, you could line the inside and virtually eliminate the noise, which might be fine for a 30 minute ride, but could drive you nuts on 50 milers.

additional ideas include using rubber washers,
these things: http://govart.com/images/hwr_d-ring1holeLG.jpg
and stainless bolts on the top of the rack to then string some elastic line thru in a box w/ x pattern, to you could strap shit like a jacket to the top. i find thats pretty handy. or your cue sheet. whatever. remember: more than say, 5lbs in your bar bag means wonky front handling, exaserbated by the relative height of your mounting. all i am saying is, one bottle cage might be all you want. unless you are rocking miller lite pony cans.