Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
Two years ago my girlfriend Roxy and I each picked up a pair of Nordic skis, which allowed me to re-take-up cross country skiing; a hobby that I had thoroughly enjoyed as a kid. Over the past couple winters, Toronto has lacked adequate snow for us to get out much; but a nice dumping of snow yesterday provided the first opportunity this winter to dust off the skis and get out in the snow.
Unfortunately, finding places to ski typically requires using a car; and the skis are awkward to transport from my apartment to the closest park where I would use them.
Fortunately, I had a couple $1.00 IKEA BETYDLIG curtain rod brackets kicking around in a bin in my apartment and serving no useful purpose.
So, I attached the curtain rod brackets to the side of my bakfiets cargo bike; which created a handy side-rack to hold my skis and poles. This morning I took the skis on my bike to the 36-acre Trinity Bellwoods Park to do some cross-country skiing. After work, I picked up my daughter Sofia from school on the bike and took her to the tobogganing hill; with her sled conveniently hooked on the side rack.
Certainly one of the better $2.00 investments I have made.
Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
Life Hack: $2.00 IKEA Bike Ski Rack – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
James D. Schwartz is the Editor of The Urban Country and is based in Toronto, Canada. You can contact James at james.schwartz@theurbancountry.com or follow him on Twitter.
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