You know me, Thomas. I'm going to go the opposite direction....I'm going to make my own F-15 compatible bag/box out of corroplast. :)
I've made two corroplast handlebar bags already, and plan on making stiffeners for this floppy Baggins bag. An F-15 compatible corroplast box will be next. Bill On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:21:25 PM UTC-7, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > > Yeah... someday when my ship has come in... when I can toss thousands > around here and there... when I'd say "you know, this Hillborne'd be > perfect if it were a 60.5cm frame and its fork had 3mm less trail... so > make me a custom!"... when I can roll out my 7cm-14cm Nitto lugged steel > stem collection like a set of allen wrenches... at that point I'd purchase > an F-15-compatible handlebar bag from Guu Watanabe and feel great about it. > Guu Watanabe bags just look sooo good. > > Mind you, I'm not saying I'll wait 'til then. I may just do it and get the > hell over not feeling great about it. But for now I resist! > > (Oh, and I'd also want a full set of panniers and a couple of rack trunks > and maybe I'd buy a Brompton so I could get one of their front bags for it.) > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:54:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Cloud wrote: > >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/D-zfoQVaTeUJ. 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.
