How to Add a Milk Crate to a Bicycle (Removable) 

haha thanks! My approach to video tutorials has evolved quite a bit over the years. I'm sure my tutorials from 10+ years ago would not earn your seal of approval :P

Thanks. Nice, I hope it works well for you too.

Awesome! Nice work.

No problem, glad you found it helpful!

lol, I'm sorry.

Thanks!

Thanks! Yes, I swapped to a different tire shortly after making that video.

Awesome! I think you might be the first person who commented saying that they actually tried this despite the number of views this video has.

For sure, it's definitely a good option if you don't mind spending the time setting it up.

Thanks! Milk crates are just so incredibly handy on a bike, but it's also nice to be able to take them off.

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!

Thanks Jim! Neat idea, I've never tried that trick myself, but will certainly keep it in mind for the future.

haha thanks!

Yes for sure. Thank you.

Haha nice! I'm embarrassed to say that it took me 10+ years to come up with this method of mounting the milk crate lol

Thanks for watching it!

Thanks! Glad my solution was what you were looking for.

Nice, good to hear!

No problem, good to hear!

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!

Awesome, nice work!

Thanks!

Milk crates are useful for SO MANY things!

Thanks! In my opinion a milk crate is one of the most useful modifications that you can make to a bike. It essentially transforms the bike from a corvette into a pick-up truck :P

Thanks, I'm glad you find them helpful!

Awesome. I'd love to hear how yours turns out and how you tackle the 'big ole metal slab' challenge haha.

It is SOO much cheaper than buying a bag or panniers that have a similar capacity. I very much recommend it.

What did you end up doing?

Glad to hear, sounds like a great project!

cjhoyle I just found another video that I would like to send to you. It doesn’t come with English annotation and has a time lapsed short film but it shows a guy in France who is a designer take two L-shaped metal rails and connected them like sliders to The bottom of the milk crate so it would slide onto the rear rack. Then in order to secure the rack going forward and back he had a very cool strap system. This allowed him to take the entire milk crate off very quickly and yet it looks super secure when he put it back on. You’re so good at teaching that I wonder if you would be willing to take a look at this and give us your thoughts on it. I’m a total newbie when it comes to any of these tools so I’m looking for something I might actually be able to implement.

@@dianebassett1930 Sure, send me an email with the link and I'll take a look.

me too

Thanks, no problem!

Thank you for the kind words. After roughly 10 years of riding bikes with milk crates that were permanently fastened, I was tired of not being able to remove them for the times when I wanted to use panniers. It's been a great improvement and I recommend it!

Neat idea! It's important to me that my milk crates are very rigidly fastened to the rack, so when I use zip ties for this, I use a lot of them. While using reusable zip ties would theoretically make the milk crate removeable, it would be pretty time consuming to take it on and off, since I'd have roughly 16 zipties to install/remove each time. But if you only need to remove it once or twice a year, it's a great alternate solution!

Thanks, glad to hear!

You're very welcome. I'd love to hear how it works out for you!

Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and that your milk crate is still holding on!

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Awesome!

Bikes are a great way of getting around. I have a drivers license but have chosen not to own a car.

Thank you.

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The primary reason I selected plastic rather than wood for the shoes was for water resistance. For a sound system though, I'm sure you wouldn't be intending for it to get wet!

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Nice! I tend to avoid using wood products for bike accessories since I ride in all weather conditions and properly waterproofing the wood takes a whole lot of extra work. With your design, I'd also be a bit concerned about the u-shaped nails getting pulled out while carrying a heavy load. But it's definitely good to experiment with different techniques and materials.

@@cjhoyle Those are good points! I've been riding it in Vancouver, Canada which is a pretty rainy place and haven't had any issues so far although it'll probably rot eventually. And the nails have held up pretty well with everything I've thrown at them so far. I'll definitely update if/when something breaks haha.

No problem, glad it was helpful.

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hahaha! There's clearly plenty more milk crate and bike content left to be made!

Thanks. I'd love to hear how it turns out.

Unless it's for something temporary, I would advise against using plywood (or any wood product) on a bicycle since it cannot handle getting wet.

For sure, it works well!

No problem, glad it was helpful.

Thanks, it works pretty well.

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Thanks. I don't have any cjhoylemusic videos planned at the moment, but you're right, the winter months are the best time for me to do them. I do have an idea for a video for my cjhoyle channel which would include some homemade music.

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It's a standard aluminum rack. It came already installed on the bike when I bought it used so I don't know much about it, but I would guess it's at least 25 years old.

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I think it could be tough to get the bolts positioned in exactly the spots you need them since the gaps in the milk crate are so large. Also, you'd have the metal of those bolts rubbing up against the metal of the rack (usually aluminum) which could cause damage over time through wear. But certainly many other alternatives exist!

Use the ones with wing nut ends

My fleet is actually relatively small: Linear Limo Recumbent Bike, 1992 Iowa Linear Recumbent, and Green Machine 2 (which only gets used in the winter). All 3 of these bike have their own videos where I've gone into lots of detail about them. The hybrid bike which made a brief appearance in this video I don't really consider part of my fleet since I don't ride it. It's an old bike that I fixed up and have primarily been using as a movie prop for RU-vid Videos :P

I lift my leg over the frame instead.

@@cjhoyle That's more difficult than throwing my leg over the saddle, Riker Maneuver style.

@@charlietuba You're free to use whatever method you like.

Thanks! While milk crates can carry a wide variety of different shapes and sizes of items, I do also have a small bike trailer for larger items. That's what I used to carry my bandsaw home from the store: cjhoyle.com/music/ukebuild/ (it's the second photo on that page).

@@cjhoyle Impressive! I built a cargo trailer from an old child's trailer I found. I hadn't imagined hauling things like that! 🙂

@@matthugg9358 Thanks! For the record, is only a small 9 inch bandsaw. However, since then I've adapted that same trailer for carrying my 8.5 foot whitewater kayak :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LyU9RWm-Bwg.html