Corwin, the light came with the curved metal mount (normally used for mounting over the front brake) as seen here http://peterwhitecycles.com/images/products/Lights/B&M174q.jpg And the nitto rack has a plate with a hole in so I just used a nut and bolt to attach the light mount to the rack.
On Sep 29, 1:24 am, Corwin <[email protected]> wrote: > This is slightly off-topic for this thread, but I can't help admiring > your dynamo hub and light. > > I just got a Schmidt Edelux light. I would like to mount it on my > Nitto mini rack. > > Can you tell me which mount you are using and where you got it? > > Thank you, > > Corwin > > On Sep 28, 6:17 am, d2mini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Two more photos > > here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluelemonphoto/3956239031/in/set-7215760... > > > Still really loving these bars! So comfortable and perfect for > > commuting. :D > > > To answer some questions, yes they are the VO Porteur Bars. > > > I did set up my moustache bars like on that Rawland, but you can see > > that the bar ends are still very low, much below the seat height and > > the brake area of the bars was still a little bit too far forward for > > me, even with a short 7mm stem. I had my stem raised as much as I > > could which brought it a little higher than yours but not much. Now > > I'm running the 17 degree 12mm stem and it's perfect. The Porteur bars > > have much less drop than the m-bars, only 2mm, and they don't swoop > > forward much at all at the brake area. In order to get the brake area > > of m-bars equal to where the brake area is right now on my p-bars, the > > m-bars would have to be mounted to a stem that was 0mm long. Yup, > > zero. That's how much forward swoop is on the m-bars. The p-bars area > > also a little narrower than the m-bars and a-bars. Didn't think I'd > > like that but to my surprise I like it quite a bit. > > > On Sep 25, 7:15 pm, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Really nice looking bike and set-up. > > > > I think the bars are the Velo-Orange Porteur bars? > > > > On Sep 25, 5:24 pm, cpatrickcummings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > who makes these bars? > > > > > On Sep 25, 10:19 am, d2mini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > > I hadn't seen this style bar being used much around here so I thought > > > > > you might like to see. > > > > > > What I didn't realize is how big of a difference it would be compared > > > > > to the albatross. I just expected the drop to be less. But with them > > > > > being narrower, about an inch or two shorter in length (bar ends) and > > > > > the brakes in the "m-bar" position, it gives me a great combination of > > > > > aggressive (yet still comfortable) and upright chill riding styles. I > > > > > feel a lot more in control of the bike when riding aggressively in the > > > > > forward position with the brakes there, especially for urban riding. > > > > > And with my hands resting on the curve, the support is spread out over > > > > > a much greater area of my palm.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
