I keep having to haul modest loads on my nitto m18 and am struggling to find a good method to tie things down. Bungee cords aren’t taut enough, and the cargo straps I have are too short. Am I doomed to use twine for the rest of my life?
by oneleggedhipster
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I attach a small trailer behind my bike when I need to load bigger things.
I use some cam buckle straps, relatively cheap and large enough for most things I’ve needed to secure.
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Sounds like you need a cargo bike 😉
But for now, these [voile](https://www.voile.com/voile-straps-32-inch-xl-series.html) straps are really solid.
Voile straps, Velcro straps, or bungee cords… Depending on what fits the scenario best.
Bungee cords or voile straps
Like handlebar a lot! Is it Nitto?
Nothing works better than punctured inner tubes. Find a bike shop and get a bunch of punctured inner tubes for free. These are better than straps. Way grippier and sturdier.
Once I tried transporting a 12 foot (?) 2×4 on my bike, but as soon as I started to move, the resonant wobble built to an uncontrollable level.
I guess this is useless information, other than Voile straps are great (and you can link more than one of them for greater length).
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I carry a big saddle bag on the rear. It has a number of big voile straps and the arno straps that Rivendell sells as “John’s Irish Strap.” Super light and versatile.
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Got a last minute call I should grab a shop vac while on a Lowe’s run. Daisy-chained Irish strap over the top front to back and cargo net over the top side to side.
Dead inner tubes. I’ve even found plastic buckles that’ll fit 35mm ones so I can adjust the length, stretch the tube around my cargo and click it together. Voila straps come in pretty long sizes if you wanna spend money tho.
Voile
I take old bike tubes and cut them and put a not on each end and run that through those metal hooks that come on regular bunjee cargo cords (or whatever they’re called)
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This kinda thing is best in my opinion. I just tie the slack back to the handle bars and get on with it. Bought one at Home Depot for $10 some years ago. Somewhere in the between, I got my cats some paracord and it hit me: I can make this thang as long as I could ever dream of
Super light, could make it a hundred feet long if you wanted, enough to strap granny to the pannie and whip it all the way to bingo tell you whut
Surly junk straps.