I will not get into the aesthetic (actually i like the wood...) my concern is on the mounting, i think a rack would be more secure, never a big fan of the stem plates, but think they would work better with a wire rack.
the other thing he may not be thinking about is that the wooden box will be heavy, so without anything in it he's adding a few lbs of wood that he'll have to lug around! On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 6:15:24 PM UTC-4, 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.
