powdercoated...or plated? very nice!
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:12 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. AFAIK, all his racks are customs. > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Patrick: >> >> That is nicely done, very tasteful. Does your rack maker do this as a >> regular part of his business or is he interested in doing customs? >> The work looks beautiful. >> >> I have a Nitto big rack on the back of the Atlantis. While >> functional, it does look look like a bridge, with the corner bracing & >> generally rectangular look. I've often mused on something simpler, >> but need to support perhaps 30 lbs at the max. Mass produced racks >> seem to be at the extremes, designed either for a 10 lb trunk bag or >> 50 lbs touring load. >> >> dougP >> >> On Mar 20, 9:20 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5586195366486. >> .. >> > >> > Lighter than the already very light Fly and very stiff. I'll not put >> more >> > than 25 lb on it anyway. I found that it is 1 cm too close to the rear >> > fender at the fender's apogee, where the hooks/clips on the Ortliebs >> contact >> > the fender. I cut material from the hooks and, for good measure dimpled >> the >> > fender where the forward hooks contacted it, this last probably not >> > necessary. I plan to bolt a battery light of some sort at the tail end >> of >> > the rack; a hole is provided. Learn by experience: one more cm would >> have >> > made all this unnecessary; my fault for not thinking of it. >> > >> > One little issue: the rack struts (nicely lugged at the attachment >> point) >> > are about 1 cm wide so that even the 1 cm long eyebolt for Berthoud type >> > fenders is too short. Does anyone know if one can get, say, 12.5 mm >> > eyebolts? Alternatively, I could use regular 1 cm eyebolts to mount the >> rack >> > -- the struts flatten at the mounting point -- so that the eyebolt would >> > serve the two purposes. Will these be strong enough? >> > >> > Right now I am using P or R clips from VO attached at the strut-to-frame >> > mounting points. >> > >> > -- >> > Patrick Moore >> > Albuquerque, NM >> > For professional resumes, contact >> > Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.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-bunch@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 patrickmo...@resumespecialties.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-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
