Phillip: I’ll answer in more detail when I’m back at my computer, but here are some bullets points:
1) I would urge caution carrying your Leica in the bike. Leica are rugged, but your iii is probably 50 or so years old, and the internal workings of the rangefinder will be its Achilles heel. I dropped a Leica M4 from a few inches, and ended up with a $175 repair when the old glue inside gave way. It can be very easy to break something or just knock it put off alignment, all of which is expensive to fix. (Note: I found a great Leica repairman ifyou need one.) 2) As far as straps—I have one that let’s you carry the camera on your back and then swing it around to the front to take a photo. Made by a cyclist. I’ll find a link. I don’t use mine enough, and I’ll be happy to sell it to you at a great price. –Eric N > On Jun 28, 2019, at 7:39 PM, Philip Williamson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What’s the best way to carry a valuable/sentimental/fragile film camera on > mixed terrain bike rides? > > I have a Leica iii(d) I inherited and refurbished that I very much like to > shoot. When I’m walking around, the best setup seems to be running both ends > of the metal snake strap to the right lug, and tucking the camera into my > jacket’s zippered outside breast pocket. I can imagine getting an old-style > jersey with a kangaroo boob pocket, but I don’t have one now. > > I’ve seen sliding harness “systems” in my flickr days, but I was too poor to > consider them then. If there’s a quick-draw strap that keeps the camera close > to the body and stable, I would consider it now. If the same thing can be > rigged up for cheap, I’m interested in that, too. I’m happy to basket or > frame-bag carry, too, but it seems/feels like my body would damp road shock > better. > > I was super-impressed with a Rivster’s basket net rig to transport a heavy > Mamiya (?) safely offroad, since I have a C3 and a small Graflex. This > question is more for carrying the little Leica, though. > > I don’t imagine there’s a better place to ask this question. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c6166222-faa3-486a-9f02-599d9797b68f%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32D98C08-5A26-4F2D-9A7E-411329A063E2%40me.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
