I agree that the Nitto F-15 rack is very solid. It also mounts on a handlebar without marring the bar in any way, which isn't often the case.
Some of the Japanese bag makers (e.g. guu Watanabe) use the F-15 for a handlebar bag. With the exchange rate of the Yen-to-Dollar these bags are very expensive however. Here's a link that shows a bag from guu Watanabe with the F-15 rack: http://www.guu-watanabe.com/frontretroe.html Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Jul 10, 12:02 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I went with two separate shock cords. One for the left and one for the > right. I did not loop it over the top at all. > > Pictures tell the story better than I could describe > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/7544704434/in/photostream > > The next several shots in my photostream show how I close the bag. > > Testimonial for the F-15 rack. I am blown away how rigid that thing is. I > was not expecting it to be very rigid, with that tuning fork design, I was > expecting to see the thing bounce all over the place, like those bent steel > ones we've all seen in the 70's and 80's. This rack is freaking solid. I > am really really impressed with it. > > > > > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2012 5:12:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > > Cute! Thanks Jim! I've downloaded both and saved 'em. So you can pull > > yours down anytime. > > > On Monday, July 9, 2012 4:59:01 PM UTC-7, Jim Cloud wrote: > > >> William, > > >> I just took a couple of photos from the original Rivendell catalogs of > >> the Baggins handlebar bag. These photos may allow you to see how the > >> closure system was originally designed. It's obvious that there would > >> be more than one way to use the elastic cords and barrel cord locks to > >> secure the top. Here's the photos: > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964304@N05/sets/72157630504415628/ > > >> I'll keep these photos available for a period on my Flickr > >> photostream, but they'll be deleted eventually. I hope you find them > >> useful. > > >> Jim Cloud > >> Tucson, AZ > > >> On Jul 9, 12:09 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I acquired here on the list a handlebar bag setup that I have installed > >> on > >> > my commuter bike. It's a Nitto F-15 front rack ( > >>http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r8.htm) and it came with a Baggins > >> > handlebar bag made to fit the rack. > > >> > The bag has some brass loops and a couple of hooks to keep the lid > >> closed > >> > with a shock cord. The bag, however, came with no shock cord. I have > >> a > >> > bunch of shock cord on hand for repairing tent poles, so, I'm going to > >> go > >> > ahead and invent my own arrangement, but I was curious if anyone can > >> > remember or show me what the original arrangement was supposed to be? > > >> > The best clue I could find was this flickr photo: > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/9180352@N06/1806202651/ > > >> > <http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2327/1806202651_e042ec29ee_n.jpg> > > >> > The other constraint I have is that the center leather tap thing with > >> the > >> > Baggins logo has no brass ring. My first instinct is to just do two > >> short > >> > runs of cord. Each cord will tie to two loops, and I'll stretch that > >> cord > >> > over one hook. Are there any old photos from old Readers? None of > >> this is > >> > rocket surgery, so please, no extreme efforts. -- 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.
