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Old 06-15-09, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Researcher
To help out other people interested in "The Rack Lady" that fit24hrs mentioned above, here is the info I found:

Leah Stargardter, The Rack Lady
The builder is out of Milwaukee and doesn't have a site yet, but her business e-mail is 12packrack@gmail.com

Some photos/albums of her work

12 pack rack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twwilli...7601089565440/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16266982@N00/3533700367/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2kings/2922788715/

* I've been wanting a front rack similar to cetma/civia, but can't justify the $$ for my regular commuter bike (used Trek from craigslist, $150). So I'm hoping to either find a cheaper product, or possibly make my own. But I have no experience with welding or even brazing, so...
You could make one pretty inexpensively. I just flipped an extra rear rack that I had laying around, and bent some flat bar into a bracket to the fork crown, with a vinyl c-clamp on the rack. For aesthetics and a larger footprint for cargo, I attached planks of wood perpendicular across the top, but not covering the front and rear of the rack so as to still have areas to attach bungees. With the wood on top, it doesn't look like a backwards rear rack.
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