Q/R lever direction: In the old days there were two ways for the rear 1. Horizontal forward 2. Bisecting the seat and chainstays
and two for the front: 1. Horizontal rear 2. Parallel with fork blade, more or less. In time trials people made them parallel. The safety argument for rearward front arguments and front backwards horizontal has made sense intuitively for most of a century, I'm sure, but kind of comes apart in real life, like this: I remember reading Don't Do This because in a race (or presumably then anywhere in tight bike traffic) somebody's front tire could get in between the lever and the frame and wronch it open; and if not another rider's wheel, maybe a bush or a branch. But imagine the forces required for that to happen. Whether it's another rider's wheel or a stick or anything else...the interference will make you crash instantly, and no stunt rider in the world could lever either q/r open while on the bike. So it comes down to habit, aesthetics, whatever else. I kind of like the 2 o'clock look and the "yeah, what of it?" message it sends. Anyway, the HAB hides it. On Monday, August 4, 2014 5:43:54 AM UTC+2, Tom Virgil wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > Mounted mine on Sam Hilborne today. I can place a ruler across the top > horizontal bar and post a photo if that would help you. > > My olive bags arrive Tuesday. I can shutterbug that as well. > > I was somewhat bemused that the right rack came in a bag package boldly > labeled "LEFT" and the left rack came in a bag package boldly labeled > "RIGHT". There is an image printed in the instructions that resolves this. > What happened Nitto? > > I am a little put off by not having room to have the quick release lever > on the axle skewer facing somewhat forward. There is just no room for it > to close toward the back of the bike. My thought is that the levers should > always be positioned to the read to avoid being opened by an encounter with > something. > > Nice set of NBW with the rack, including a hefty spacer washer for the > upper attachment. > > Take care, > > Tom > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:37:57 AM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: >> >> Can someone tell me the width of the top where a pannier would attach? >> And also where the bracket that attaches to the mid fork mount in that >> length? >> Want to see if they will fit my current panniers. >> >> Thanks! >> >> ~mike >> Carlsbad Ca. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 3, 2014 11:32:33 AM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: >>> >>> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/rmf2.htm >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
