Bikes or bars (tape)? Curious about shellacking frames -- if that is what you did.
This weekend's project: sturdy-fied a set of Axiom Dutch panniers. These are the ideal shopping panniers: big, relatively inexpensive, boxy, stiffened so that you can drop a full paper grocery sack into each side, easily drape over rack, cut away on leading side for foot clearance. But the older ones, as mine, have fiddly straps under the linking nylon webbing to attach them to the rack, AND they sag (sometimes into the rear spokes) if you put 20 lb in one. I bought a 6' length of 1/2" metal strip, cut in half, bent each half to fit inside the interior of the panniers' mouth, and riveted the bracings in place. Then I constructed a riveted, on-its-side (or horizontal) capital "I" on the center handle (central stiffener attached at ends to perpendicular braces) so that I can just drape the pair over the rack and secure one of the braces to a rack cross strut with a toe strap. Now, stiff enough and, very easy on and off. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the rain on Sunday I did give a couple bikes an extra coat of clear > shellac. My clear Bullseye is almost out, so I'm going to use it up > and ditch the can. > > On Nov 8, 10:57 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My project is converting a ~1980 Takara "Overland" touring bike I >> acquired over the summer to a scorcher-ish fixed gear. Been thinking >> about this project for a while, just have to scrap together the >> funds. Excited to see how it comes out. >> >> On Nov 8, 10:10 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > As the weather turns cooler, I am starting to dwell on winter >> > projects. A lot of them are home and family related, but some of them >> > are Riv-ish, so I thought I would share. In 2010 I pretty much >> > overhauled my stable of bikes, and now am almost 100% dialed. So I'm >> > not due for any complete overhauls. I am building a second >> > configuration for my Bombadil. It's set up for dedicated dirt riding >> > now, but I'll be putting together a Campeur kit for it this winter >> > (drop bars, fenders, racks, bags). So next time a week-plus touring >> > opportunity presents itself, the Bombadil will be the bike for it. >> >> > What do you do in the winter? Overhaul your favorite bike? Go >> > through the parts stash and clean house? Start up a new bike >> > project? Take on a restoration? >> >> > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
