tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30007327.post-32692193735431455242007-10-15T20:33:00.000-06:002007-10-15T20:50:55.484-06:00I was wondering how much weight you could put in a milk crate on the DIY rack featured here:<br /><br /><a href="http://sweetnourishingbikes.blogspot.com/2006/08/rack.html">http://sweetnourishingbikes.blogspot.com/2006/08/rack.html</a><br /><br />This is too much:<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121757763801383426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2-iSUafvkhk/RxQjjMj7AgI/AAAAAAAAAEE/iLziH0iIys0/s320/P9220003.JPG" border="0" /><br />The rack didn't fail. But the bike was so unstable I was white-knuckled all the way home fighting the thing. The weight wasn't necessarily the issue - it was the wobbling. I think the rack needs more lateral rigidity or something, because the only way to keep the front wheel from trying to kick out to the side was to keep my own center of gravity as low as possible, eliminating any stand-up pedaling. But the uphill grind home paled in comparison to the urge to reach back and drink the center of gravity down...bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345990816712439854noreply@blogger.com