Another coroplast bar bag

[Joe Broach]

With hat tips to RBW regulars TapeBubba for the joinery idea and Cyclofiend for the raw materials.

I finally got around to building a prototype bar bag from a campaign sign. I learned a lot, but the basic design goals were achieved! I wanted something that was waterproof, opened and closed like a Berthoud, didn't need a decaleur, mounted and unmounted quickly, and would hold a six-pack and mini u-lock. Oh, and didn't cost much, since I wasn't sure how it would handle on my medium-high trail bike. The bag used up almost every square inch of a single (16"x24") campaign sign.

I can already see how these front bags get addictive. I took it out on a 50-mile test run and had a blast fiddling around in my stuff to my heart's content. The Romulus handled the weight fine (probably no more than 5 pounds, though more after a grocery stop the last mile). I could still ride no handed no problemo. I had to keep my act together pedaling no handed, or else a little shimmy would remind me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclerslife/sets/72157631544583459/with/7989848093/

Best,

joe broach

portland, or

[William]

APPROVE

[Peter Pesce]

Well done. I like the random graphic elements. Reminds me of things made from old sailcloth.
BTW, wouldn't it be Bar BOX?

Pete in CT

[Bertin753]

I want to see an election sign bike box with the only sensible political slogan in the last 50 years, Gary Johnson's quip, "I never exhaled." Or else a straight ticket "None of the above".

Patrick Moore
iPhone

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[Philip Williamson]

I love this. I had a Marin Smart Rail sign for a long time that I was going to make a box out of. I patched a hole in the chicken coop roof with it instead.

I like the idea of starting from scratch and screenprinting bogus slogans on coroplast, then making a box out of it. One could even design the print to look really good on the finished box... We call this "how to make a simple and cheap project really expensive and complicated." 

Philip

www.biketinker.com

[Rob]

Nicely done! I need to give this a try. 

Rob in Seattle

[Peter Morgano]

Good article on bonding corroplast, I was thinking of doing one with no visible outside tape, since I am an OCD person like that.

 

http://www.recumbents.com/mars/pages/proj/misc/coroglue.html

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Rob <robh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Nicely done! I need to give this a try. 

Rob in Seattle

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