on 12/16/08 8:52 AM, PATRICK MOORE at bertin...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm cross posting in case some on the RBW list don't subscribe to iBob, and > because, of course, zip ties are an Official Rivendell Topic. > > I've mounted P Bike fat fenders on my 29er, which doesn't have any fender > braze ons. Moreover, the seat- and chainstay bridges are flat plates, not > tubes. So I've attached the front struts to the fork legs with two zip ties > per strut; at the rear, double zips at both bridges and a single one at the > end of the Velo Orange bag support to hold the end of the truncated rear > fender instead of struts. > > Given (1) that plastic gets brittle in the cold, and it's cold here; and (2) > that the bridges are plates and thus relatively thin of edge: how durable > might this attachment setup be? (I have packed extra zip ties in the Nelson.)
Every pack should have zip-ties in them. For my "trails" pack, I took a mini pump, rolled on about an 8 inch section of tube scrap, and then slipped several zip-ties in between. This has proven itself more than once. http://ramblings.cyclofiend.com/?p=47 > > I should just get some fat P clamps for the fork legs, but what other methods > of attachment might I use for the bridge-plates? The rear fender has no metal > brackets, just holes for the zip ties. I have two bikes for which I used the zip tie attachment to the chainstay bridge. These were "interim" solutions that have continued to work just fine for nigh on 6 years for one and 4 on the other. I tend to use the heavier duty zip-ties (not the uber-industrial ones) which have worked. Over the years, I've found that zip-ties to not like to flex, nor do they like edges. I'd probably fold in or wrap on a little square of tube to give a little padding and cover the edge of the plate. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Three T-shirts Now Available: "I've Got Downtube Shifters..." S/S T-shirt Cyclocross - "More Cowbell" L/S T-shirt "One Cog - Zero Excuses" L/S T-shirt http://www.cyclofiend.com/stuff And a 2009 Calendar - http://www.cyclofiend.com/calendar Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
