PVC Bike Rack II

This is the latest rack. Again, you can unscrew it easily so just the tee mounts are on the bike. It was a little harder to work around the frame on the Electra. I tried to paint it to match, but was a little off on picking the right blue for the top tub mount.

PVC Surf Rack for Bike

Note the two mounts near handlebars on the top tube and on the seat tube.


Here is a closeup of the seat tube mount
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Here is a shot after they are screwed in:

And this is what it looks like with a board mounted


Yeah, the front arm is longer and I might trim it, but it holds a 3" thick board so snug that I might leave it as is.

6' 0" Island Egg

I got a new board yesterday From Star Surfing Co. This is the first off the rack impulse buy I've done in a few years (the price was great). It's also my smallest board at 6' x 21". And to be honest, I was worried that it might be too small for me, but I took the gamble. Not really a lot of info on the board other than the dimensions, turtle logo and an doctor like signature. The receipt says Island Surfboard and I think the signature says "Will Smith". If so, it's good to see his shaping between making movies.

Update: I rode by the shop yesterday to give them positive feedback and the guy that helped me when I bought the board informed me that the shaper's name was Mark Smith.


I took it out yesterday afternoon near the pump house in PB and got several good rides once I figured out it was more of a front foot surfer. It displaces a lot less volume than the 6' 2" fish I'm used to ridding and I did miss a few waves I normally would have gotten. There was some descent size in the waves, so I'm sure that helped. I don't know if I will be taking her out on those ankle to knee slapper days.


On a side note, there are a lot of Irish kids vacationing in San Diego these days.