I think it will fit on the bus rack just fine. That is, a Nitto Mark's Rack with a Wald Medium basket zip-tied to it will not get in the way. The medium basket is big enough to hold a grocery bag, and if you use a bungee net, it can handle an over-stuffed grocery bag. This is what I use to get my groceries, although I also have a Wald Big basket on the back of my grocery bike, which will just fit two more grocery bags.
Anyway your bike is too awesome. Matt On Apr 30, 11:29 pm, SMP <sume...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Minh! > > I have held back on putting on a front rack, because I plan on > occasionally placing it on a bus rack. I think a small rack + > optional ziptied basked would work well. However, I did not like how > the front end swayed from one side no the other in general when I had > the front basket. > > Here is a photo of the bike mounted on a bus > rack:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumehra/5671369506/ Maybe I can get > yours/the groups inputs on whether I would still be able to mount it > onto a bus with a front rack, such as a Mark's rack. > > So, here is the back story--I am a consultant, by profession, and also > aim to be car-free or car-light, at least while I am terrestrial. So, > I decided on having the coolest-bike-ever made for myself to help me > toward that goal. At the time I was spec'ing this bike, I was doing a > lot of traveling to cities like Seattle, NYC, Newark, etc, on pretty > much a weekly basis, for work. So, I decided to add couplers and make > it lean and mean, with little-to-no chachkis (no racks, fenders, bell, > pump) to make it easy to assemble/disassemble. Since I don't like the > look of the generic couplers, I asked if Rivendell would carve it to > match the surrounding lugwork. They did! Then, once the frame was > finished, I got on a local project where I do not have to travel (at > least for another 6 months). For that reason, I'm rigging it for > practicality with fenders, etc, and trying to use it on a daily basis > as part of my commute. Once I get back on the road, I may remove the > racks and fenders. So, there you have it! > > On Apr 30, 9:29 pm, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow, that is a great looking mixte, for the front rack, if you really > > plan on using it that way, get a nitto mini front and tie the basket > > to that, or get a pletscher, or a wald woody goody. i'd love to hear > > the backstory on this bike, what you plan to use it for, the ss > > couplers are intriguing :) -- 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-bunch@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.
