Bamboo basket with a Starbucks cup holder may be an original and fabulous idea. It is, however, at best a subset of a hundred plus years of using beefy wood crates for hauling. Which is neither here nor there. The basket should mount fine, though the stem attachment may need adjustment to work with a threaded stem (I've no idea) -- but the good elves at your bike shop, who doubtless occasionally have ideas all their own without consulting here (gasp!) will surely serve you well there. Perhaps others can help with the technical aspects more than me.
Of greatest interest and the really important thing here is the hat. Either a Panama or newsboy are brilliant. The Panama for relaxed outings and the newsboy for rakish speed. A retention strap would help the Panama stay on in a wee zephyr, and that's before he adds breeze of his own with relaxed speed. An aero tuck with a backwards newsboy is just the thing for a steep run down the local hill at devil-may-care speed, and not dissimilar to my blue bonnet. To complete the roguish experience, it is critical to replace the steaming Starbucks with a bottle of whisky (Ardbeg, Laughroaig, Lagavulin being the three options meeting the meaning of the word and living up to the demands of a newsboy.). Sounds like he's on a brilliant tack and he really can't go wrong here. Enjoy! With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 4:15:24 PM UTC-6, LeahFoy wrote: > > You all surely remember my zany husband. You know, the one who got a Clem > solely because it "matched" my Betty Foy, even though his pile of junk > Target Schwinn "rode just fine". Well, I don't know what's come over him > exactly, but he has decided to start accessorizing ON HIS OWN. Which is why > I now turn to you. I told him, "We must make no decisions about our bikes > until we have consulted The List. How else would we know if this was a good > idea? We must never have any of our own ideas, and that you may tie to." > For reference, his Clem is a 52 cm. That's 700cc, right? Well, anyway, this > is what he wants on the front of his bike: > http://bamboobee.net/product/classic-wooden-crate/ > > Don't try to convince him of a Nitto rack and Wald basket. It can only be > this bamboo contraption, which he thinks is an original and fabulous idea. > Has anyone ever done something like this on their bike? Thoughts? Other > suggestions (in the line of crates, I would say)? > > Oh, and he intends to ride his Clem around wearing something called a > Panama Hat. Or a Newsboy Hat. Just look them up. I really don't know what > this world is coming to. > > Jesus, be near! > Leah > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
