Lockable Rack Trunk

[Peter Rosenfed]

I was recently in Victoria, British Columbia and noticed that the bike
cops had some equipment I'd never seen before. Instead or regular rack
trunks, they had metal or some other rigid material rack trunks that
locked. They also appeared to be attached in a way that would prevent
them from being easily removed while locked. I made a note of the
manufacturer in my head and then promptly forgot it.

These trunks might be useful to have in urban environemnts. I've
homebrewed similar systems in the past but these looked a lot nicer .
I've looked around on the web and the closest thing I've found is
this, but it appears to be for motorcycles:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoitem.jhtml?CATID=123208&BQ=mot
Anybody know who might make these lockable rack trunks?

Thanks

-Peter

[Jay]

in article , Peter Rosenfed at
wrote on 8/8/03 9:30 AM:

> I was recently in Victoria, British Columbia and noticed that the bike
> cops had some equipment I'd never seen before. Instead or regular rack
> trunks, they had metal or some other rigid material rack trunks that
> locked. They also appeared to be attached in a way that would prevent
> them from being easily removed while locked. I made a note of the
> manufacturer in my head and then promptly forgot it.
>
> These trunks might be useful to have in urban environemnts. I've
> homebrewed similar systems in the past but these looked a lot nicer .
> I've looked around on the web and the closest thing I've found is
> this, but it appears to be for motorcycles:
> http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoitem.jhtml?CATID=123208&BQ=mot
> Anybody know who might make these lockable rack trunks?

I suspect you were looking at a fibreglass or carbon fibre tailbox.
Tailboxes are common in the recumbent world.
Search around on those terms.

Good luck.