I only shellack cloth bar tape. I accidentally splatter frames with shellac, but that's all.
Another thing I might try is to Hunqa-fy my Hillborne. When the Marathon Duremes are back in, I'm planning on trying out a pair and taking the Hillborne-a-pillar into the dirt. On Nov 8, 12:21 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bikes or bars (tape)? Curious about shellacking frames -- if that is > what you did. > > This weekend's project: sturdy-fied a set of Axiom Dutch panniers. > These are the ideal shopping panniers: big, relatively inexpensive, > boxy, stiffened so that you can drop a full paper grocery sack into > each side, easily drape over rack, cut away on leading side for foot > clearance. But the older ones, as mine, have fiddly straps under the > linking nylon webbing to attach them to the rack, AND they sag > (sometimes into the rear spokes) if you put 20 lb in one. I bought a > 6' length of 1/2" metal strip, cut in half, bent each half to fit > inside the interior of the panniers' mouth, and riveted the bracings > in place. Then I constructed a riveted, on-its-side (or horizontal) > capital "I" on the center handle (central stiffener attached at ends > to perpendicular braces) so that I can just drape the pair over the > rack and secure one of the braces to a rack cross strut with a toe > strap. Now, stiff enough and, very easy on and off. > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the rain on Sunday I did give a couple bikes an extra coat of clear > > shellac. My clear Bullseye is almost out, so I'm going to use it up > > and ditch the can. > > > On Nov 8, 10:57 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My project is converting a ~1980 Takara "Overland" touring bike I > >> acquired over the summer to a scorcher-ish fixed gear. Been thinking > >> about this project for a while, just have to scrap together the > >> funds. Excited to see how it comes out. > > >> On Nov 8, 10:10 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > As the weather turns cooler, I am starting to dwell on winter > >> > projects. A lot of them are home and family related, but some of them > >> > are Riv-ish, so I thought I would share. In 2010 I pretty much > >> > overhauled my stable of bikes, and now am almost 100% dialed. So I'm > >> > not due for any complete overhauls. I am building a second > >> > configuration for my Bombadil. It's set up for dedicated dirt riding > >> > now, but I'll be putting together a Campeur kit for it this winter > >> > (drop bars, fenders, racks, bags). So next time a week-plus touring > >> > opportunity presents itself, the Bombadil will be the bike for it. > > >> > What do you do in the winter? Overhaul your favorite bike? Go > >> > through the parts stash and clean house? Start up a new bike > >> > project? Take on a restoration? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
