" The Watanabe is definitely minimalist. I'm not sure I could get a shirt into what it would support. "
LMFAO! I can see it now, Thomas puts his LEFT winter glove in the LEFT Watanabe Pannier. His RIGHT glove goes in the RIGHT Watanabe Pannier. On Friday, June 22, 2012 8:21:41 AM UTC-7, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > > Excellent! The Watanabe is definitely minimalist. I'm not sure I could get > a shirt into what it would support. > > Yours "local builder" rack is the platonic ideal of the tubus tara. Even > with the loop it seems light and tight without the rotating joint and lower > curvature of the tara. And of course fitting without clamps makes a big > difference. It's like the Nitto "Mini" versus the "Mark's" on a > canti-studded bike. Nothing against the Mark's! I have one on the back of > one of my bikes with a Platrack and love it. But on a canti-studded fork, > the Mini approaches the platonic ideal, especially as a platform for > TrunkSack-style bags or simple baskets. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:41:03 AM UTC-5, Ryan wrote: > >> My latest obsession is minimalist front lowriders, so that new rack is >> indeed very appealing! >> >> I had this one made by a local builder: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7556426@N06/7156035283/ >> >> But my favorite so far is this type from Watanabe: >> >> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4281844510_6d91353911_b.jpg >> >> Cheers, >> Ryan in Albuquerque >> >> > -- 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/-/O5XPoFyn53YJ. 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.
