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Top Box

The ghetto top box looked ugly as sin as wasn't exactly aerodynamic so I decided to improve it. I had bought a nice little top box on sale at a local bike shop for about £15 (if anyone is interested it's made by Polisport) and thought I'd attach this to the handrail instead (still being to poor and cheap to buy a rack).

I upgraded from nuts on the U-bolts to wingnuts to make them easy to turn and bought a bit of bungee rope and hooks to attach it instead of my abused bungee net. I also have some covers I have made from several layers of duct tape that cover the wing nuts and bolt ends inside the box to stop them damaging anything i put in it.

There she is. The two bits of electricians tape are covering two holes I made when I didn't measure properly and filled in with sealant. The whole bottom area has now been covered by silver reflective tape and you can't see it now:-


From the side you can see how better it is against the wind. The bungee hooks onto the forward hooks and stops it lifting up (not that it could lift more than an inch anyway):-


My highly finished U-bolts! :)


The bungee just goes through two holes drilled in the corners:-


The wing nuts taking most of the load.