On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 09:29 -0400, Ken Freeman wrote: > That's been my thinking, too. I guess the underlying question is > whether Grant is prone to hyperbole, since I don't really follow Riv > too closely. It's either an amazing statement, an incomplete > statement (as you suggest), or sales fluffle (e.g, hyperbole). > > I'm in the middle of modifying my old Rhode Gear bag to take a > decaleur so I can test my Woodrup's geometry. I really don't see why > any flat-bottomed bag that can accept a decaleur at the right height > can't be front-racked.
Neither do I. I also modified a Nashbar Elite bag (klick-fix type bracket) for rack/decaleur use. That took a while to drill out the rivets to remove the klick-fix bracket, but the actually drilling and reinforcing of the top edge of the bag for the decaleur was quite easy. > I'm just wondering if there's anything really special about this bag > from a mounting point of view. Looks to me like not. Only "special" in that it has those sleeves for the horizontal rods, I think. If you had one of the original Kirtland brackets, I wouldn't be surprised if you were able to use it as well as the Nitto rack. Basically, I don't think decaleurs are part of Grant's world view. He doesn't sell them, doesn't use them and probably doesn't even think about them. And front racks in his thinking are front-mounted rack trunk supporters, not handlebar bag supports. -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
