riverfever
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Re: The Colorado BS thread
So as I was working on the bike tonight I came up with a brilliant idea. As you know, I would eventually like to be able to do a bit of touring on this bike (possibly later this summer or in the fall). My cycling experience has taught me that I do not need much in order to survive so gear is minimal but I'd like to be able to bring along a six pack and waders of course. So my idea is to use 1/4" rod and bend sections of it 90 degrees to form a shelf of sorts that would butt up to the sides of the seat (but further back) and the shelf would be parallel with the ground. I'll then weld in rod from front to back of the 90 degree pieces. It would attach at 2 points on each side (one at the top of the shock tower and another where the fender mounts to the frame). Once I lay a dry bag on each side and lash it down, you'll never even see the frame. Then I'll also be able to put stuff on top of that and across the seat (like a fly rod tube). Anyone see any issues with this? Next question. My neighbor has a flux core welder. I've never welded without shielding gas before. Is this something that a flux core welder could do or would I need to maybe tack it together up here and then take it somewhere else to weld it all up?
So as I was working on the bike tonight I came up with a brilliant idea. As you know, I would eventually like to be able to do a bit of touring on this bike (possibly later this summer or in the fall). My cycling experience has taught me that I do not need much in order to survive so gear is minimal but I'd like to be able to bring along a six pack and waders of course. So my idea is to use 1/4" rod and bend sections of it 90 degrees to form a shelf of sorts that would butt up to the sides of the seat (but further back) and the shelf would be parallel with the ground. I'll then weld in rod from front to back of the 90 degree pieces. It would attach at 2 points on each side (one at the top of the shock tower and another where the fender mounts to the frame). Once I lay a dry bag on each side and lash it down, you'll never even see the frame. Then I'll also be able to put stuff on top of that and across the seat (like a fly rod tube). Anyone see any issues with this? Next question. My neighbor has a flux core welder. I've never welded without shielding gas before. Is this something that a flux core welder could do or would I need to maybe tack it together up here and then take it somewhere else to weld it all up?
