I have the time, skills and a nice welder..
Single trail (Currie) all the way. Got mine recently. Solid, well thought out, quality everywhere you look. Should outlast my riding career. Buy the best and you’ll only buy once.
Would you be willing to weld up a second kit for cash money?
$250, see it a few days back.
I was meaning bounce with the bikes - I found bungees still leave a bit to be desired on the rear wheel. Ratchets will firm up the rack itself no worries - you could make it easy on yourself and add a couple of attachment points but it sounds like you have it sorted.
let me get my one done first, then we can talk....don't want to promise what I can't deliver (nobody likes that guy!)
Keen to see how it turns out. Jordy is a good dude and it seems like a smart little side hustle he's jumped on with the DIY kits.
You bought off Jordy Kopetko?
yep..is that a good thing or a bad thing, not familiar with the man!
I'm sure no issue. I just had a weird interaction with him on FB. Someone was after Shingleback V Velocirack advice, and he piped in with his kit build, saying anyone with a welder could assemble his. I said they'd need to be a reasonably competent welder, as I've even had premium quality professional racks crack at a weld with the constant weight of bikes. He went off on his engineering and flat pack experience, and that most rack builders are essentially cowboys. I reiterated I wasn't questioning his engineering, just the welding skills of the average guy buying them then using a $50 Supercheap welder to assemble it. I said I'd had a premium rack snap a few years back, and the company replaced and fixed the bikes. He said they were a bad welder and it wouldn't happen if he welded....completely missing my point that he won't be welding these, adnit may well be done by the same guys who install forks backwards.
What someone on the internet not fully understanding (or even reading) someone's point and then arguing about the thing that they want to argue about anyway? Say it isn't so!
it's spelled TL;DR!..here, like this
TL;DR
One would think it would be have to be unrealistic to warrant past receipt of the parts, given the welding, RHS, and coating are outside of the supplier’s control. They’re smart though, taking away the two biggest cost components of a commercial rack, the welding and powder coating.
TLDR.
Yep. Just to clarify, this dude seems to absolutely know his engineering. I stalked his page. Some impressive work. It’s guys like me I absolutely wouldn’t trust.
maybe see if Jordy can fix your chainsaw?!
As long as you can do the weldering downhand it should be ok. I had to weldings the trailer coupling section overhead and vertical up though the joggle was downhand. Fuck I hate overhead. It hurts even through a cap.
I’m sure every fat dad will have no one issues.As long as you can do the weldering downhand it should be ok. I had to weldings the trailer coupling section overhead and vertical up though the joggle was downhand. Fuck I hate overhead. It hurts even through a cap.
Anyway nothing a grinder cannot fix.
Welds should never run crossways on a longitudinal member, it creates a stress riser and will cause it to crack and fail.As long as you can do the weldering downhand it should be ok. I had to weldings the trailer coupling section overhead and vertical up though the joggle was downhand. Fuck I hate overhead. It hurts even through a cap.
Anyway nothing a grinder cannot fix.