Aside from the bags and other things I make here in the workshop, I tend to use wooden dowels to prototype ideas for different light and accessory mounts. You can see a couple of ideas here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rperks1/sets/72157625108813685/ Wood is light, easy to shape with saws and files and will last an amazingly long time even when uncoated. More than a few of these prototypes have just ended up staying in service for years.
Rob oceanaircycles.com Ventura, Ca On Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:05:20 AM UTC-8, Tony Lockhart wrote: > > Hello all and Happy Thanksgiving! I just wanted to see if anyone else in > the Riv community enjoys making accessories for their bikes. If this is the > case, I'd love to see what innovative things you've made. In the meantime, > I'll post some images of things that I've made. > > During the past 2 years, I have been trying to perfect the rando bag but > ultimately have been displeased with its lack of sturdiness. I enjoy making > them, using them for a while, then gifting them to other cycling > friends--this is great because it constantly gives me the opportunity to > make new bags. While rando bags look great, I have yet to make one as > versatile as a Wald basket. And after many years of debate, I have decided > to stick with my Wald. With that in mind, I missed the tool pockets > typically found at the back of a rando bag. So, I recently decided to > create a couple of pouches to hang on the back side of my basket. > > Both pouches are 2 inches deep, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches high. There is > also an extra 3 inches of flap available if I try to over-stuff the > pouches. It was relatively easy to construct these little bags because > canvas is such a forgiving material to work with. I have plastic stiffeners > inside the bags (very similar to the ones in Acorn bags) and velcro > attachments to keep everything in place. While these dimensions may seem > small, I have all of my tools in the left pouch (inner tube, patch kit, > multi tool, a pair of CO2 cartridges, 3 tire levers, zip ties, and 4 Irish > straps). The pouch on the right is used to keep my cell phone, garage > clicker, and keys; there is quite a bit of space left for snacks, a saddle > cover, and a bandana. I'd love to see the folks at Riv create some > Sackville versions of these because they're extremely versatile. > > Have a look--I am attaching JPEG images to this post. Also, I'd love to > see any other accessories people make for their bikes. > -- 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/-/CkWBM5nsAzQJ. 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.
