Manny carries big loads (those bacon-wrapped hot dogs weigh a lot) over rough surfaces. It's not surprising that the flex caused by that would wear through a Wald ziptied to a Nitto. See, for example, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/19453345995/in/album-72157655495630226/
jim m wc ca On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 11:37:08 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I'm curious about the delicacy of Wald baskets. I don't have years' long > experience with them*, but I have used many different models for enough > miles to get to know them, including the giant Newsboy, and, mounted sans > rack and with just the included hardware, it seemed pretty damned strong -- > hard to see how anything could bust it. > > What the heck do y'all carry in your Walds? Is the problem lack of > perimeter support, ie, support only in the center of the basket by a narrow > rack? Why not use the included struts? > > What about the garden variety milk crate on a porteur rack? > > * Because I found bags of various sorts more convenient and switched after > no more than 12 months. > -- 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.
