With no disrespect to anyone, especially during this joyous time, plastic ties on a +/- $4000.00 bike is just atrocious. Learn the use of a few basic tools and use the correct fasteners. For a "get-you-home" or temp repair, OK, but in the words of my first shop-teacher, it's "hack".
RGZ On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Bill Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > Execution is everything, but I suspect that not all zip ties are equal. UV > light will take a toll on the plastic, some kinds more than others, so be > vigilant and carry spares. While not in the league with fully integrated > design and the custom hardware fashioned by the great French Constructeurs > and secured with fine leather and beeswax, if I change up my setup > regularly, for fun or adaptations, they are good enough and pretty good. > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, JimD <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For the longest time I've eschewed the use of zip ties on my bikes. >> >> To moi, for the longest time, they just seemed wrong for beautiful >> Rivendell bicycles. >> >> Boy was I wrong. >> >> I'd been procrastinating about installing mudflaps on the Saluki. Couldn't >> get around to >> chasing down the appropriate hardware. >> Motivated by the rain, I tempted fate and used black zip ties. >> >> >> Arguably the zip ties may even look as good (or better?) than machine >> screws, nut, and washers. >> If someone had just invented zip ties they'd be regarded as some fantastic >> technical innovation. >> Light, adaptable, easy to use - a fastener for the modern age! >> Slick, easy. Once again Riv's got it right. >> >> Finding myself on the slippery slope, I even used them to fashion a blinky >> light bracket. >> I'll have to post pictures. >> >> -JimD >> >> -- >> 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Bill Gibson > Tempe, Arizona, USA > > -- > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- 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.
