You do make stong point about yours being a cleaner look. My cables are way out there all messy and waiting to grab the side mirror on a parked car!
On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 5:28:27 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Whew, thanks everyone. I’ll get a chain stay protector for the raspberry > bike (I really hate to think of it being chipped up - that bike does have a > front derailleur. I did not know what a clutch derailleur was or that I > even had one, so that’s something I’ll be looking up online. > > Since the consensus is that the cables are ok tucked behind the bag, I’m > leaving them there. I don’t like them interfering when I open/close the > Fanny, and it looks cleaner to have them disappear behind it. So there. > > Thanks, everyone! > Leah > > On Apr 3, 2022, at 7:51 PM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Echoing what the others said, plus addressing a concern I think I picked > up about the cables: 1. Yes it's fine as long as the bends aren't so sharp > that you feel like the brakes or shifting are sticky, like you pull a lever > and the wire inside the housing doesn't snap back. Based on the pics I > don't think you'll have that problem. 2. Is it dangerous? Only in the event > that you pulled the brakes tight and they stayed that way. But then you'd > just stay stopped so I guess that's not really a danger anyway. Basically > if everything is snapping back fine then you're good to go. > > > Chain slap protector: Nice to have and easy to find but you're not > mountain biking and bouncing your chain all over the dang place, you're > probably not getting chain slap anyway. On the Mermaid you have what's > called a clutch derailer, that chain doesn't slap at all! > > Joe Bernard > > On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 4:23:26 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> 1. Is it ok if a bag is pushing against brake/shifter cables? The brake >> and shifter cables interfere with positioning of my Ron’s Bikes Fanny. They >> must either go in front of (where they interfere with the flap closing) or >> behind the bag. If behind, they are pushed up against the head tube. I’ve >> included photos so you can tell me whether this is dangerous or terrible in >> any way. They are in the next post because GG wants to turn the images >> sideways… >> >> 2. My sticker - is it a chainstay protector? - on my raspberry Platypus >> began to bubble up. I started fearing that water would get under there and >> rust my bike, so I pulled that sticker off. There must be a great reason >> this sticker was put there, and now my lifetime favorite bike is without >> one. Is this something bike stores have or will they look at me like I have >> a green head if I ask to buy a new one? Also, what is this sticker really >> protecting my Platypus from? The chain slipping and marking it up? Does >> that even happen? >> >> Up next: photos. >> > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/4H0SBTE1Ewc/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32ac3fe1-6514-4ff5-83ca-bb0e3dbe6b8dn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32ac3fe1-6514-4ff5-83ca-bb0e3dbe6b8dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/001c3aa8-08e8-441c-bb89-093d04382aa1n%40googlegroups.com.
