That's a pretty clean solution. Mine would be similar, but employ a flat elastic strip, held to the frame with a small stainless M4 or M5 button-head bolt and a thin brass fender washer. Should be easy to get a builder to add the threaded boss for a small bolt right there.
- Andrew, Berkeley On Friday, October 31, 2014 6:19:29 PM UTC-7, blakcloud wrote: > > My first foray into a stabilizer was the Velo Orange one. It worked > reasonably well but you still had to be somewhat careful with heavier > loads. What I didn't like was the clamp around the tube, it makes the bike > look ugly. When I had my bikes repainted I had them braze on small clip for > the spring eliminating the clamp and used the rest of the parts from the > VO. > > Velo Orange > <http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/chainguards-stay-protectors-kickstands/vo-wheel-stabilizer-xl.html> > > My solution <https://www.flickr.com/photos/87106495@N07/12151022165/> > > I do wish that my Rivendell had the small braze on, because like you I got > a lot of flop with Mark's Rack and Wald basket. For this bike I just use a > velcro pant strap, while I load the bike. > > On another note, I asked a custom frame builder who was building porteur > bikes to add this braze on and he refused. He would do everything else I > asked for but he believed that they didn't work and he wouldn't do it, so I > didn't have the frame built. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
