Thanks, Liesl, I've admired your bikes as well your posts here before. I'm just starting to deal with the saddle bag issue (don't have a real bag yet though). I've mounted a Silver Hupe on the Bleriot and as is, the upward angle makes it pretty much useless. However I was able to bend it down some, and may bend it some more, if necessary. I was also toying with the idea of making a DIY simple rear rack in the manner of one that I saw one on an old French bike in a Bicycle Quarterly article. That might be fun. Yes, I think the Bleriot is a forever bike for me. Cheers, Steve
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:53:51 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: > On Mar 28, 5:22 pm, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I'm short, I'm old, and I'm slow. I ride a 51 Bleriot and drive an '06 > > Miata. Life is good, I'm happy. Steve > > Me too! Well, mostly. I ride a 51 proto bleriot and a 50 saluki and > drive an '06 Honda Element. That's at 5'2" and a PBH of 76 if I > remember correctly. > > The one thing that I find a challenge about my little bikes is > clearance between the saddle and a rack/fender for a biggish saddle > bag, lil loafer in back, or a wald basket. Mostly I've gotten it to > work and Mark's Rack is a god-send for a custom fit in the back. I > had a battle getting a new Tubus Airy (which I am really liking for a > go-less-slow bike) to fit on the chain-stay upper braze-ons because > they were narrow, and forget about a pletscher on the little guys > (does anyone have a secret about mounting one on a 50 frame?). A > Carradice Barley is a great traditional saddlebag for a low saddle > that has good room for daily use. > > And I agree with Pam. It's so hard to find a great-fitting beautiful > little bike that once you find one, it does become a forever bike. > > liesl the-bike-lingerer in minneapolis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/wLhubAu4azIJ. 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.
