Thomas, Thanks for posting this, i just ordered a BarSack with my birthday discount and was thinking of how i could come up with a better quick release system. now just need to find a source for the set screws!
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:04:07 PM UTC-4, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > > I've used Nitto's F-15 rack for a while now with my BarSack. Not > continuously but often. In fact, it's the intermittent nature of its usage > that led me to these notions. > > 1) Replace the M8 bolts in the ends of the fork with 8mm "set screws" 30mm > in length. Then you can use 8mm wing nuts to tool-lessly secure the bag on > or remove the bag from the fork tines. > > 2) Replace the M6 bolts that attach the fork to the handles mounts with > 6mm set screws 20mm? 25mm? In length to allow you to tool-lessly > attach/detach the fork to/from those mounts using 6mm wing nuts. > > If you always remove your bag from your F-15 when you leave your bike, > then (1) has no real downside. Just keep the wing-nuts in your bag. > > Unless you remove the fork from the handlebar clamps regularly, then (2) > is not really useful. Even then, well it just means you don't have to have > a 4mm Allen wrench to do something trivial. And, depending on the mount of > the clamps to your bar, attaching/detaching the fork can be somewhat > tedious with the set screws since they stick up all the time. (That's why > shorter may be better.) Additionally, the wing-nuts do make the fork easier > to remove for thieves (more likely vandals). That said, it's nice not to > have to find that tool all the time if you remove the fork often. > > Set screws are simply fully threaded pillars with socket inserts on one > end that an Allen wrench can fit into. As an example, see the metric set > screws and wing-nuts at BoltDepot online. > > Oh, and the cotton shoulder strap offered by Laplander Bags works really > well with the BarSack. I can't remember if my BarSack came with a shoulder > strap or not. If it did I'm pretty sure it was nylon. Which is okay and > fully functional. I just really prefer the feel of cotton, even though > nylon takes up less space and probably weighs less. Surely relative > strength isn't an issue for the BarSack or similar bags. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > -- 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/-/4olydIYhGDMJ. 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.
