Due to my geographical location I need to drive to the start of any of the ITTs I'm doing. Off to Yorkshire next month and have cunningly managed to get the in-laws to hire a car as they want to visit the wife's brother who lives in Doncaster but don't want to drive. I'll drive the hire car (we don't have a vehicle big enough for 5 adults + luggage + my bike) and then whilst they are enjoying themselves I'll nip off for 2 days and ride the YD300. Realising that leaning my dirty bike against the Mother In-Laws suitcase for the homeward trip might not go down to well I've made some bags. I could of just bought one but it would of cost more and been easier





The pocket attached to the top of the bag inside is for the pedals as taking them off reduces the sticky-out bits.

Whilst I was at it I got a friend to turn up these nylon spacers which allow old cassette cogs to be held on a diy chain keeper.



As the bike is singlespeed the temporary chain keeper needs the same size cog the removed wheel to keep the chain tidy. With gears just a straight bar can be used and the mech takes up the slack so commercial ones are no use for my bike.



Whilst my friend was busy on the lathe I knocked this up from the off-cuts box.



It folds up for transport and when inserted in the cranks holds the bike to enable luggage fitting/tinkering. I could of bought one of these as well but all the materials were just kicking about so there was no expenditure other than time Just need painting now.

Top work.

I've bought all those things

Although it has to be said, an old rear hub is probably a more time efficient way of making the chain keeper

It would be much easier to just buy them but I enjoy the making.

An old rear hub would be easier but I managed to get someone else to do the hard bit so didn't use hardly any of my time