Hey Ricky,
My Pletscher was $15 I believe, from our local bike Co-op StL Bikeworks. They
had several old ones lying about. I like the versatility of it quite a bit.
Not quite as shiny as my chrome bits, but I’ll try polishing it up and see if
that works.
-Nathan Mattia
“I believe in order to understand.”
-St. Augustine
> On Mar 20, 2020, at 8:56 AM, E. Ricky Creek <clankbonesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I love that you used a Pletscher rack. I have one on my Atlantis and my wife
> has one on her Appaloosa. I always pick them up at flea markets if they are
> under $5. They are almost always missing hardware, but there is a way to
> mount them using the leftover P-clamps that come with Nitto racks.
> Congrats and engoy!
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>> On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:34:00 PM UTC-5, Nathan Mattia wrote:
>> Drove 5 hours back from our spring break in Tennessee today with my family.
>> On the outside I was all appropriate business: “Wash your hands in the
>> bathrooms.” “Use these wipes to open the gas station doors.” “Stop
>> touching your brother’s face!” I even managed to carry on meaningful and
>> necessary discussions with my wife about how we were going to set up the
>> house to work from home while dealing with our 2 boys. I am proud I held
>> onto this responsible veneer when, on the inside, all I could do was think
>> about how I was going to leave the house the MOMENT we were done unpacking
>> and go get my Sam Hillborne.
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>> And here it is in *almost* all its glory. Got to ride it for about a mile
>> before rain and dinner interfered.
>> First impressions:
>> 1. It’s the most comfortable bike I’ve ever saddled up.
>> 2. It’s the first bike I’ve had that just FIT. I’m not trying to
>> constantly scoot back in the saddle.
>> 3. The Low Bottom Bracket thing is for real, y’all. Not sure I can go back.
>> 4. I thought my ‘83 Specialized Expedition won the JD Power and Associates
>> Hallmark of Cadillac Stability Award, (and maybe it does when fully loaded)
>> but this Sammy is SMOOOOOOTH.
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>> *still to be added are a water bottle holder a Medium Wald Basket (on the
>> Pletscher in the rear?), a small Olive Trunk Sack and an extra-small Olive
>> SaddleSack.
>> BY THE WAY, my Sackville are all in Olive and, as you can see here, I’ve got
>> a blue/orange motif going. Anybody interested in trading me some Royal Blue
>> Sackville items for my Olive?
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