Thanks for all the compliments. I'm very happy with it, particularly given the price (but I won't say how much -- this was a sort of pet project for Matthew and he could easily have charged 2X as much for all the work he put in; I got it for, probably, minimum wage). He aimed to make it look good even without a load and he succeeded. Now I need to get a stoopidly expensive pair of panniers to match it.
Seriously: In the market for some cheap, small black ones and have one of these http://www.dotbike.com/ProductsP7856.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=FGL to help cover the trade or cost. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM, RoadieRyan <ryansub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow that is a slick looking rack, very nice - love the paint on that > bike too. > > 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.
