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Big dummy on a trunk rack

I had been wondering for awhile if we could fit Dave’s Big Dummy on a trunk rack. For RAGBRAI we were going to have to figure something out. We were able to make it work without too much trouble.

The rack we used was a Saris Bones Trunk Rackon a 2007 Nissan Altima. Dave and I tried a few different alternatives, but we ended up mounting the big dummy via the tube that is where a seat stay would be on a normal bike (by the 3rd water bottle mount). The anti sway clamp was wrapped around the tube that runs parallel to the ground behind the bottom bracket. We took the front wheel off for this to work. See the picture below for a better explanation. The bike is mounted on the straps closest to the car.

Big Dummy on a Trunk Rack

Big Dummy on a Trunk Rack

Later on we had to figure out how to get my bike out to Burnsville to catch the balance bus. That was a bit more straight forward, but the huge head tube on my Hillborne doesn’t make life exactly easy when trying to mount it.

Hillborne and Big Dummy on a Trunk Rack

Hillborne and Big Dummy on a Trunk Rack

This was written by krujos. Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009, at 3:06 pm. Filed under Rides, Thinking about bikes. Tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

2 Comments

  1. Bob Murphy wrote:

    Hi Josh, beautiful bike! Is that a custom color for the extra $200? What is it exactly? I want to do the same.

    Thanks,
    Bob

    Monday, August 10, 2009 at 7:23 pm | Permalink
  2. krujos wrote:

    Bob, kind of a long story, but the original order got screwed up so I got to pick a color. I think the powder coat color is post office blue.

    Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 1:56 pm | Permalink

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