{"id":19732,"date":"2018-08-24T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=19732"},"modified":"2018-08-24T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:41:15","slug":"bicycling-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/19732","title":{"rendered":"Bicycling companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the sub-projects that I have had on *simmer* for a while is rigging a crate or basket for my cycling companion – Lotte the Wonder Teckel. I like mulling over projects for a while; though I’m not averse to trying an approach, failing, and trying a different tack, too many iterations frustrate me. But – it’s time to get Lotte on the bike. I\u00a0 did a little shopping for crates – her crate is just too heavy – no joy.I have a coroplast tote that I’d been eyeing as a potential dog basket; I strapped it to the rack and went for a test ride. It was obvious off the bat that my first guess on orientation – long axis of the tote parallel with the long axis of the bike – wouldn’t do, so mid-ride I adjusted it to ride cross-ways. To keep it from nudging my butt, I moved it back a bit and tried loading the tent in front of the basket and the much lighter sleeping pad behind. Success! The rack has 6 tapped holes so one can bolt stuff to the deck. I used 1 pair and added 4 re-usable zipties.<\/p>\n

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