I do something similar with my Ostrich bag and VO headset-mount decaleur. I loop an old toe strap over the decaleur attachment bar, and down through the loop at the back of the Nito M12. This pulls the decaleur down onto the supporting tubes and holds it very securely. It goes on in maybe 15 seconds, and comes off even faster. Without the strap I did have the bag eject once.
Bill On Dec 31, 2:21 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 14:09 -0800, Jim Cloud wrote: > > I'm using the Velo Orange "Traditional Stem Mount Decaleur" (http:// > > store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/racks-decaleurs/decaleurs/ > > vo-traditional-stem-mount.html) with the largest model of the Berthoud > > handlebar bag (GB2886) and a Mark's Rack as the support on the bottom > > of the bag. The bike is a 1996 model 65cm Rivendell Road Standard. > > Here's a photo that shows the installation of the stem mount decaleur > > -http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/3634095108/in/set-721576197.... > > > Its worked perfectly in my experience and I haven't had any problems > > with the installation. There have been some recent threads on another > > forum (i-BOB) concerning a friction fit not being sufficient to retain > > a handlebar bag to the decaleur (these included a classic French > > decaleur on a very pricey new Alex Singer Randonneur bike). The > > posters reported that their handlebar bags had been ejected from the > > rack of their bike, and they had run over the bag narrowly avoiding a > > nasty crash. > > > One possible solution to this problem was developed by Peter Weigle, > > who certainly has plenty of experience building and riding these type > > of bikes! Here's a photo on Peter's Flickr photostream that shows the > > technique: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/49353569(AT)N00/4971213280/in/photostream/ > > > Note that the photo has note(s) that describe the solution. In the > > case of his application, he was able to dispense with a decaleur > > entirely, although he doesn't suggest this on a larger model handlebar > > bag such as the Berthoud GB2886. > > I solved the problem once for all with a small strap - perhaps one > supplied with one of the handlebar bags for a strap-on mount - that I > wrap over the decaleur bar on the back of the bag and one of the arms of > the decaleur mounted to the bike. Takes a second to attach, and it's > absolutely rock solid, no way all all a bag can come off until the strap > is unfastened. -- 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.
