On Monday, September 12, 2011 10:34:05 AM UTC-5, Steve D. wrote: > > http://db.tt/Y01RjLd - Rackaleur, Baggins, and Irish > > I like that rackaleur solution for you Hobo bag. It's very elegant. > Higher praise than it deserves. But appreciated. It does work, though, exactly as you might hope; the rider facing pockets straddle the strap-restrained rackaleur very nicely. I'm still tempted to slice a couple of slots into the Hobo's vertical strip of leather so that I can thread the strap through it too. But I had no problems with the bag bouncing around at all yesterday. Perhaps because it had about 4 pounds in it. Or perhaps even a pound or so might hold it stable over my improved-trail riding habtitat. So until I have a problem with it, I'm going to leave that leather intact. I confess that the Rackaleur had a inexplicable attraction to me from the first time I saw it. Quirky but functional. In fact, it pushed me over the edge to try the Tallux stem; all of my other stems are Dirt Drops. (VO's assertion that it "might require a little bending" when used stems with rise does not seem practical to me regarding the Dirt Drop; it was going to require a *lot* of bending and is surprisingly resistant to being bent.) It's a rare incident where the similar Nitto product (the "F-16", I think?) did not pull me in at all and still doesn't, yet this admittedly sorta cheesy did and is more functional for me. Even with the jarring look of the black tool dip. Only after I had seen both the Rackaleur and the Tallux did I realize that it should work with my Hobo. You'd think the Hobo would've been the inspiration, not the serendipitous realization. Perhaps I need more sleep. The cockpit I put together yesterday was done in a bit of a rush. I didn't want to defer/shorten my ride. Like The Man has said (I paraphrase): I'll fix the tape job later. Now that I know the Silver bar-ends warrant the additional cockpit in general... I'll fix up its weird cabling, make less-distracting aluminum shims for the F-15 mounts (gotta love front-bag versatility!) and do a real tape/twine job on the hand-grips (eek! there's electrical tape under there!) and replace the brake levers with my beloved Love Levers... eventually! But certainly not before I acquire and install cable couplers. Oh, and brass ferrules. I like those too. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean
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