Fenders made from a trash can.

Boyntonstu · Mar 7, 2017

I saw this trash can at the curb and realized the potential to make fenders out of it.

https://youtu.be/2g9x-FeQ3AQ

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spinningmagnets · Mar 7, 2017

This is quite brilliant. Plastic trash cans can be found in various wall thicknesses, and many large cans have a curve that could work for tires. Can be found new...or used, once you know what you are looking for.

Boyntonstu · Mar 7, 2017

spinningmagnets said:
This is quite brilliant. Plastic trash cans can be found in various wall thicknesses, and many large cans have a curve that could work for tires. Can be found new...or used once you know what you are looking for.

Thanks.

I wanted to make fenders, and I was constantly on the lookout for "something" to use.

I was not looking for a trash can, but when I saw it sitting there, the fender shapes jumped into my mind.

I pride myself in doing projects as inexpensively as possible, and free is the best.

amberwolf · Mar 7, 2017

That idea would probably work better than the actual front fender I have here on SB Cruiser, which is aluminum, and snapped in half from repeated stresses and vibrations (due to inadequate support at the front end).

Boyntonstu · Mar 8, 2017

amberwolf said:
That idea would probably work better than the actual front fender I have here on SB Cruiser, which is aluminum, and snapped in half from repeated stresses and vibrations (due to inadequate support at the front end).

My guess is that the plastic from the can would bend and not split.

USAEBIKECO · Mar 9, 2017

I never understood why people mount the controller under the bike. Won't it get wet and possibly cause problems?

Boyntonstu · Mar 9, 2017

lester12483 said:
I never understood why people mount the controller under the bike. Won't it get wet and possibly cause problems?

Low CG and after 3,000 miles, no problems.

macribs · Mar 9, 2017

Recycling is golden. Like the idea. Another source for fenders are Pvc pipes. A heat gun and a diy jiig and you can shape the fenders any way you like, and jiig and heat gun likely will work for shaping, curving trash cans as well.

Imstew · Mar 9, 2017

Trash cans make nice in ground composters for kitchen scraps, just cut out bottom and bury it. The secure lid should keep out the nocturnal vistors.

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