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Make a coroplast handlebar bag

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The front end, originally uploaded by Hillbubba.

For about $10. Total genius. And slick! Someone suggested putting a light inside of it for a Chinese lantern look. I saw a wooden-shelled cargo bike at the Oregon Manifest that had Velcro material inside the ‘hull.’ The guy said it damped (not ‘dampened’) the rattling of cargo, and also, stuff stuck to it, like tool rolls! Sounded good to me. It would probably triple (“TRIPLE!”) the cost of the bag.

Look to Hillbubba’s Flickrstream for the step-by-step… steps.

The layout, originally uploaded by Hillbubba.

Comments

4 responses to “Make a coroplast handlebar bag”

  1. Kent Peterson Avatar
    Kent Peterson

    Back in 2002 I made something similar. See:

    A Coroplast Handlebar Bag at http://bit.ly/xvbtCU

    I’ve never liked the “big wall pushing air” design of the very boxy bags, so I gave it a more aerodynamic shape.

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    1. Bubba Avatar
      Bubba

      The windtunnel test data is still being logged at Tulsa University. I try to compensate for the big wall pushing air with my teardrop helmet and airfoil shaped calf augmentation surgical implants.

      Reply
      1. philip Avatar
        philip

        A Coroplast trunk bag should get the airflow laminating. Perhaps airfoils could be added to your Grip King mods?

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        1. Bubba Avatar
          Bubba

          I like that definition of ‘laminating’.

          laminating – verb. becoming laminar.

          Sounds way better than

          laminarating
          laminarorphing
          laminarizing

          Reply

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