My manualling skills are worse than my carpentry skills, but having just knocked up this rack:-

...I may have to get the tools out again! Have you got any measurements? I'd only be using this for my 20"/class BMX. Thanks!

Very cool

Very cool! I built a slightly different version recently. It a good trainer, everything helps!

MickRich393 wrote:

I like that! Looks a bit easier to make too! What's the purpose of the piece of wood at the front?

I’m thinking side to side stability

MickRich393 wrote:

My manualling skills are worse than my carpentry skills, but having just knocked up this rack:-

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...I may have to get the tools out again! Have you got any measurements? I'd only be using this for my 20"/class BMX. Thanks!

I just made mine out of scrap wood I had. It took 2 2”x6” and 1 or 2 2”x4”. Lay the 2x6 down and make it just long enough for your bike to sit on it, then attach the upright. Make your wheel box just big enough for you wheel to sit in tight without movement side to side or front to back. It’s pretty simple if your just building it for one bike. My outriggers were 30” wide

MickRich393 wrote:

I like that! Looks a bit easier to make too! What's the purpose of the piece of wood at the front?

Thanks.  I saw designs like lowrider made and didn't like the support at the back.  I know if i go to far back on the manual i will be jumping off the back and didn't want anything to land on and potentially blow out my old skateboarding ankle. So i moved the support to the front.  The front tire stays on the main board well ahead of the support so its not in the way at all.  I also didn't like the 45 degree angle support for the wheel. i knew they would be in the way for peg tricks.    So this is the simple design i came up with.  It also makes it so you can put the bike in with the front tire in the support to practice hang 5s, nose manuals, ect.   Used a 2x4 and a 2x6 from the shop and screwed it together. 

As for as working,  its a yes!  Its great for balance and gaining muscle memory.  Of course its just a trainer and only works if you use it!

KuWa FS wrote:

MickRich393 wrote:

I like that! Looks a bit easier to make too! What's the purpose of the piece of wood at the front?

Thanks.  I saw designs like lowrider made and didn't like the support at the back.  I know if i go to far back on the manual i will be jumping off the back and didn't want anything to land on and potentially blow out my old skateboarding ankle. So i moved the support to the front.  The front tire stays on the main board well ahead of the support so its not in the way at all.  I also didn't like the 45 degree angle support for the wheel. i knew they would be in the way for peg tricks.    So this is the simple design i came up with.  It also makes it so you can put the bike in with the front tire in the support to practice hang 5s, nose manuals, ect.   Used a 2x4 and a 2x6 from the shop and screwed it together. 

As for as working,  its a yes!  Its great for balance and gaining muscle memory.  Of course its just a trainer and only works if you use it!

You've convinced me! I have a dozen other things to do this week but think they're all going to be bumped down the list! Is yours for a 20"/class BMX? If so, have you got the basic measurements to hand? Thanks man!

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A.  60"           2X6
B.  5"             2X4
C.  17 1/14"   2X4
D.  10 1/2"     2X4
E.  15 1/2"     2X6

The front brace is a 19" 2X6 with 2X6 blocks under it for support.  The size of this brace can vary depending on what you have.

As you can see i used a 2" spacing between the tire supports. This seems to work well for 1.9-2.2 tires. i have to let some air out of my sunday 2.4 tires for them to fit.

i predrilled and screwed it together incase i wanted to make any changes.

Of course this is built for 20 bikes, but if you made the tire slot longer and and then used blocks for the tire like lowrider did,  you could use bigger bikes as well.  In this case i would extend the main 2X6 (A.) to accommodate and move the front brace accordingly.

Good luck with the project!! 

Glad to see the thread is going strong! This is what it’s all about, keeping busy while we can’t race.

Yes, thanks lowrider for the inspiration!

The other thing I want to do is not spend any money, so this morning I had a quick look in the shed and came up with this assortment of mostly old building wood:-

There’s enough 2x4 there but the nearest I’ve got to 2x6 is two pieces of 3cm x 15cm, the longest of which is 130cm/51”. I’m figuring that I could just about get away with using that for the main base (piece A above) and the shorter one for piece E and the front brace!