Badge of honor! On Feb 25, 9:40 am, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no choice but to 'subscribe to beausage'...I've never owned anything > for more than 5 minutes that didn't end up dinged, marred, scratched, > crinkled, stained or otherwise compromised to some degree. I'm constantly > amazed when I see folks selling stuff described as being in perfect > condition, or with one tiny little scratch after years of use. I'm just hard > on stuff, even when I try to be kind. > > In truth it doesn't bother me. I was mostly posting this so that other > folks, who might want to sell their unmarred bike after years of use would > have a heads up. > > As for me, I'm going to twine and shellac the Platrack where it meets the > frame mostly because I like twine and shellac. :-) > > Aloha! Bob > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry to hear about this - a bummer. But if you subscribe to busage, > > no problem. Its a tool - especially the QB - enjoy it and ride it and > > incur more dings and just enjoy. That being said, any front rack or > > basket can do this - especially on a singlespeed or down-tube shifted > > bike that less-encumbered steering action. > > > On the Kogswell (I'm not sure if this is the same with the Bombadil), > > if you use large M6 bolts, rather than the ones with a rounded top, > > they will indeed ding the downtube. > > > Esteban > > San Diego, Calif. > > > On Feb 25, 6:56 am, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A guy on the KOG list had a similar-ish problem with the top braze ons > > > on his fork crumpling his downtube eventually! > >http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/KOG/message/25516 > > > > On Feb 24, 11:19 pm, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > If you are considering a platrack I'd suggest getting some twine and > > shellac > > > > ready. I recently treated myself to the platrack/SlickerSack > > combination, > > > > which I love btw, and then noticed a couple of areas on my down tube > > where > > > > the paint had been chipped off. Since there was a spot on both sides of > > the > > > > tube I was puzzled at first, then it hit me...it's the platrack. > > > > > As you can see in the images the platrack can make contact with the > > down > > > > tube, at least on a 66cm Quickbeam. > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/sets/72157623379790433/ > > > > > I guess I should have figured out that this would happen but frankly it > > > > never occurred to me till after the damage was done. > > > > > It is, of course, a perfect opportunity for twine and shellac and I'll > > be > > > > doing taking care of that just as soon as I can. Sigh. > > > > > And, does anyone know the match for Quickbeam silver paint? > > > > > Aloha! Bob > > > > > -- > > > > Robert Harrison > > > > rfharri...@gmail.com > > > > statrixblog.statrix.com > > > -- > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrixblog.statrix.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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