Hi Doug! Thanks.
I vow to take some new, new photos this spring/summer to send to Cyclofiend's website. I've been dragging my feet on that for far too long. Anyway, the basket is the Rivendell/Wald small. It's a great fit. And it has worked out so well w/ all the different sorts of riding this bike sees: commute to the office, brevet, after work 50K exercise, groceries, S24O...I've since outfitted three of our bikes, including our tandem, w/ the same basket. Yeah, that's a 105 FD. Model 5504. The saddle bag is a Carradice Nelson Long Flap. I had no idea what to get, and the old riv list and PJW coached me through it. It turns out that that size is really versatile for me. It works well. My roadie friends don't understand it though. The front is an old Carradice boxy bag on a Nitto clamp-on rack. I bought it all used off of the iBOB list. It was in great shape. I was looking for the old Rivendell Boxy, and I didn't even know that Carradice had made one. It's very convenient at that level...for map reading and for fishing around for a snack or camera or phone (oops) while riding. However, I think it induced quite a bit of shimmy one long, dark, rainy, windy, cold, lonely night on my last 400K. I likely had it over loaded though. Even though I really like the basket, I'm tempted to try a Berthoud ($ $), or at least mount the Carradice Boxy on the front rack, for brevets and see how that works. I've got Paul Comp Neo-Retro Cantis on the front. There's plenty of clearance for the straddle wire when I'm using my summer wheels. However, when I mount my SnowCat, it's a bit of work to get it all to work correctly. It does work though. Luckily in the winter I find it really challenging to break that 10 mph barrier. Therefore, I can mostly rely on the rear brake...or my feet. ;-) Gosh, we were fortunate enough to hit Maui the last three years. Wonderful riding!! There's not a better way to experience Maui than riding the back roads. We're staying home this year for obvious reasons. But since I like the islands so much...I'm designing a 200K permanent on Kodiak! Just waiting on the approval from the mother ship now. Stay tuned...it'll be a knock-out! Kevin Spread the word: http://alaskarandonneurs.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
