Originally Posted by
alias5000
I could just get 3 milk crates. The center one is mounted the way it is right now (on top of the rack). And then I'll build a mounting system so that the other two milk crates can be on the sides of the rack underneath the center milk crate. I'm thinking of using some aluminum L-bars across the rack with two hooks pointing downwards on each side. These hooks can then hook into counterparts near the side-milk crate center. This way, I can unhook the side milk crates when not needed (most of the time) and also keep my removable mounting system for the center milk crate.
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yeah, that's what i meant for the second suggestion. if the first two are about at the height of regular panniers (top of the crate about level with the top of the tire. maybe an inch or so higher) and wide enough, the next three crates would sit at about bike rack height. so you end up with 5 crates. how unwieldy and/or unstable it might start to get i guess you'd have to experiment with.