I too have the Acorn Rando bag - here are photos on the Quickbeam and Protovelo Custom. Great bags.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3413155305/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3423446130/ On Apr 10, 9:42 pm, Mojo <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah mine's a heffer too at 28lbs.http://tinyurl.com/43md96 60cm > frame built up with my parts. I do have a Carrdice Barley on the back > and a small Nitto rack and handlebar bag up front and two freewheels, > plus the repair/patch kit and pump; oh and battery tail and > headlights. I did take off the water bottles before I weighed it > though. Maybe 28lbs for all that isn't too bad. > > I took my Quickbeam for a nice ride this Friday morning in > celebration. I am a weather forecaster by profession. Through the cold > season I rotate through Day shifts and Graveyards, but in the warm > (fire) season its Day and Evening shifts. Friday at 5AM was the last > of my Graveyards for the season. Instead of riding straight home, I > headed downtown, then out along the Colorado River trail. Drainage > winds were blowing briskly downvalley and there were warm advection > high clouds partially blocking the full moon. But it was mild, around > 50, and lovely. I rode until the eastern sky turned grey, then headed > back to Main Street Bagels and had a pastry and juice for breakfast, > eating it outside in the fresh air. Then I ambled back home to go to > bed around 8AM. Nice way to end the trauma of shift work. > > Oh and my handlebar bag is a new Acorn Rando bag. Wow what a great, > well-thought-out bag. I am really glad I splurged on it. The tan color > is quite nice. > > On Apr 10, 6:34 am, usuk2007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I weighed my Quickbeam and my Rambouillet last night and both came in > > at 25lbs. I was very surprised as I'd expected the Quickbeam to be a > > couple of pounds lighter. The Quickbeam is stock apart from having a > > double White Ind freewheel one one side and a 22t freewheel on the > > other. The Ram has White Ind MI5 hubs, Velocity Dyad rims and a big > > 11/34 Shimano cassette, XT RD and 105 FD. Both bikes have the same > > handlebar and saddle set ups.........so why is the QB as heavy as the > > RAM???? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
