I have been wanting to make a bike rack for three years.  There was no doubt in my mind I would make it from PVC but there are so many designs out there and I couldn’t decide on one.  Lo and behold I finally decided on one and I am pretty happy with it.  I may make some individual bike stands for at home but this works quite well for the campground.   This particular version holds seven bikes (although technically one is a zike) but it can also hold scooters.  We have all wide tired bikes versus road bikes.  If you are making this for road bikes or some…

  Have you ever purchased hula hoops from a store like Walmart or Target?  They are cheaply made, inexpensive and break within a day of use.  They are not designed to actually be used for any length of time.  So you can buy one of those for $5 or you can make alot of them for a whole lot less.   All you need to do is purchase some rolls of 3/4″ or 1″ PVC irrigation pipe (I purchased 3/4″ but prefer 1″).  They come in rolls of  100 feet or 300 feet.  I could have gotten 1″ in a roll of 300 feet but definitely didn’t need that much.…