A How To: Roof Rack your Omnium Cargo Bike

Let me begin by saying i'm not a big car guy. Looking back, most of my life choices have been made around being able to ride my bike everywhere I need to go.
But an unfortunate part of riding bikes for fun is that you can't always ride your bike to the places you want to ride your bike at, and with that sad fact in mind, I decided I needed a way to travel with the omnium where it wasn't crammed up inside of our tiny hatchback.
So I hobbled together a roof rack for my Omnium! I used 1up USA van trays (1up-usa.com/pr..., extruded aluminum from T-Nutz and Dam Good Bike hinges (damgood.bike/p...) to help fully secure it to the rack (highly recommend).
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[@EBDultras]

bikes over cars🤗 cargobikes on cars🔥

[@gavinlikesbikes]

Didn’t know about the 1 Up tandem rack. I haven’t attempted to drive my Omnium anywhere, but good to know that exists as an option

[@stay_loose]

@@gavinlikesbikes it's rad because you can make either side fit anywhere from 16" to 29" wheels. perfect for the wheels on the omnium. prolly should've mentioned that in the video haha, geez.

[@ChesterApricot]

living the dream

[@markifi]

those damgood hinges are pretty but they'd be 148 euros to ship and import here. what other alternatives did you consider when looking for a hinge like this? does anything comparable exist a bit cheaper?

[@stay_loose]

unfortunately with a highly niche and nicely built product like this, that's just the cost. i will say you get what you pay for with these. but look out for Omnium's own version coming soon. though i don't know what their pricing will be, or how they work necessarily, i'm sure shipping within Europe will not be as drastic.

[@TrentSiggard]

DUDE! This is such a good video. I just got an omnium and have had some of the same thoughts about transportation. The Damn Good hinges are also such a good solution for getting to the front wheel!! So good. So so good. Love your videos, keep them coming!!

[@stay_loose]

@@TrentSiggard thanks!

[@TrentSiggard]

@@stay_loose finally put in an order for the Ouch-1’s after this. You put me over the edge!

[@brandonsouba]

Nice! Is loctite necessary for the t-nuts / bolts?

[@stay_loose]

@@brandonsouba probably not necessary, but with all the vibrations this setup will see, i don't want to take any chances losing a nut and (hopefully) not losing a bike.

[@brandonsouba]

@@stay_loose Oh yeah, I wasn’t throwing shade - was going to recommend it but am not great at DIY stuff so really didn’t know. Love your videos - did you move to Wisconsin from ATL?

[@markifi]

@@brandonsouba using thread-lock cuts down on the time needed maintaining stuff like this. you still have to inspect the bolt, but way less regularly. Sandy Munro calls bolts "threaded un-fasteners" (as opposed to threaded fasteners). i think it's a clever little joke, but it's also true

[@stay_loose]

@@brandonsouba all good, yeah, loc-tite is good for this type of application for sure. and thanks, yeah, ope! we're midwesterners now!