Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 14, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 14, 2015 I wanted to attach my BOB trailer to my mountain bike. Most normal people would buy a special skewer used for that sort of thing. When I eyed up how the trailer would fit onto such a rear skewer, it seemed the hitch of the trailer would come perilously close to the plastic bits of the rear derailleur. Now, normally I don't mind a little peril: but in this case risking a snapped-off derailleur miles from home - or miles from anywhere for that matter - was more peril than I could bear. So I took a look at the configuration of the rear rack: Then bought some 1/2" bolts, fender washers, 1/2" nuts including a couple with nylon inserts, and hunted down some 8/32 machine screws and nuts from the TK Basement Warehouse... And assembled them on the lower part of the rack. The 1/2" bolts fit the hitch on the BOB pretty well. The machine screws keep the bolts and washers from slipping down off the rack. I tried to bend the washers to create flanges for the same purpose (to avoid using the machine screws) but the washers were too brittle for the angles needed. With both sides assembled and the trailer attached, there's enough clearance from the derailleur to keep me out of peril. Dr. Frankenstein and Rube Goldberg might readily approve, but cycling purists would declare it 'redneck' I'm sure. I think the rack has enough strength to tow a fully loaded BOB trailer. I won't know for certain until I try it out, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted January 14, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 14, 2015 Every engineer on this forum wants to kiss you on the lips. Thankfully, I'm not an engineer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted January 14, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 14, 2015 Every engineer on this forum want to kiss you on the lips. Thankfully, I'm not an engineer... Not everyone has to be an engineer to rig up something, and I do not want to kiss you wither... Nice job at McGivering it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted January 14, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 14, 2015 Good luck with that. I've seen quite a few bent dropouts from use with Bob trailers, so I have my doubts about that setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted January 14, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2015 A perfect reason why the now defunct Yakima trailer (that I have) is vastly superior to the BOB. ;-) But very cool! Nice job coming up with that remedy. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 14, 2015 Let's hope your rack holds. I've had rack bolts disappear while carrying just the weight of panniers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 14, 2015 Needs just a scosh of duct tape and a brace of zip ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 14, 2015 Share #8 Posted January 14, 2015 Needs more duct tape to be considered redneck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 14, 2015 Needs more duct tape to be considered redneck. From your lips to God's ear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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