i'd wager the set of "hack" bicycles with zip ties get ridden more.
do what works, do what lets you get out and ride quickly and easily. stop bemoaning zip-ties, i think we all get the point and some of us think it's absolutely silly and even profoundly status-oriented to eliminate simplicity just because you have a "+/- $4000.00" bike. i'd wager plenty here bought rivendells for their fit, form, function; care little about such nonsense; and don't obsess about such trivialities. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:16 PM, robert zeidler <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.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 [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.
