Front-mount Pannier Rack

I wanted to switch the panniers up to the front wheel after my Laos/Thailand Trip. The weight seems to ride better on the front wheel. Makes since with most of my body weight over the rear wheel already. During my trip I ended up moving all the weight I could to the front end and resulted in less pinch flats in the rear and the bike even felt more stable on the rough twisty roads.

 I used 1/2" x 1/2" angle for the main supports and 3/16" rod for all the rest. The rack turned out pretty light and it has very little flex. I left the design versitile so that I could use it on my 80mm corrected Surley fork also. Otherwise, I would have tightened the design up even further and really fit the mounts tight to this fork to clean up the lines. Still, it looks way nicer than anything I could have bought in a store and its lighter and stronger too.

1 1/4" receiver on Amber's Passat

We opted to take Amber's new whip to the Enduro race in BC this weekend so I installed this Curt 1 1/4" receiver onto her car so we could haul the bikes up with her cargo box on the roof. With the tinted windows, this car is now the ULTIMATE poach camping rig and will see a lot of use I'm sure for road trips and bike weekends!!

I'll post the instruction sheet soon, 2 of the 4 bolts were nice and simple however, the other 2 bolts required using a supplied fish-wire (waaaaay too short) and fishing the bolts through the box tube bumper and down into the holes. It actually worked, but wow! Soooo hard!!

B.C. Enduro Racin'

Come up and support Benham Custom Fabrication in lovely Vancouver, British Columbia this weekend May 10th at the first round of the Cascadia Cup Enduro Series mountain bike race!!

The event will criss-cross some of the trails on Mt. Seymour. I'll be racing the open-hardtail category on Benham Custom bike #4 and Amber will be on a super fun AM build in the women's category!!

http://www.pinkbike.com/u/bcenduroseries/blog/nth-vancouver-enduro-bces-amp-cdc.html

http://www.cascadiadirtcup.org/#!northshore/clnj

https://www.facebook.com/cascadiadirtcup