Just for fun, here's my Hub Area Rack and Olive Hub Area Front Panniers on my Quickbeam-ish double-speed. Bag-match!
<https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lWBgYT078M4/U9-jR3MdosI/AAAAAAAACJA/pcWDGNVg4rg/s1600/IMG_3496.JPG> On Monday, August 4, 2014 7:47:53 AM UTC-7, grant wrote: > > 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. > > > -- 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.
