Hee hee! Well, don't expect to win "Best in Show" with your results. But let no one deny the sheer Value of your CorroBoxyPlastyBarRack Bag! I think Rixen & Kaul make a less expensive (and frankly more versatile) version of the Nitto F-15. Might want to check it out :) Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05:04 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > 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/-/3YZfmmMVTnUJ. 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.
