I went with two separate shock cords. One for the left and one for the right. I did not loop it over the top at all.
Pictures tell the story better than I could describe http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/7544704434/in/photostream The next several shots in my photostream show how I close the bag. Testimonial for the F-15 rack. I am blown away how rigid that thing is. I was not expecting it to be very rigid, with that tuning fork design, I was expecting to see the thing bounce all over the place, like those bent steel ones we've all seen in the 70's and 80's. This rack is freaking solid. I am really really impressed with it. On Monday, July 9, 2012 5:12:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > Cute! Thanks Jim! I've downloaded both and saved 'em. So you can pull > yours down anytime. > > On Monday, July 9, 2012 4:59:01 PM UTC-7, Jim Cloud wrote: >> >> William, >> >> I just took a couple of photos from the original Rivendell catalogs of >> the Baggins handlebar bag. These photos may allow you to see how the >> closure system was originally designed. It's obvious that there would >> be more than one way to use the elastic cords and barrel cord locks to >> secure the top. Here's the photos: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964304@N05/sets/72157630504415628/ >> >> I'll keep these photos available for a period on my Flickr >> photostream, but they'll be deleted eventually. I hope you find them >> useful. >> >> Jim Cloud >> Tucson, AZ >> >> On Jul 9, 12:09 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I acquired here on the list a handlebar bag setup that I have installed >> on >> > my commuter bike. It's a Nitto F-15 front rack ( >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r8.htm) and it came with a Baggins >> > handlebar bag made to fit the rack. >> > >> > The bag has some brass loops and a couple of hooks to keep the lid >> closed >> > with a shock cord. The bag, however, came with no shock cord. I have >> a >> > bunch of shock cord on hand for repairing tent poles, so, I'm going to >> go >> > ahead and invent my own arrangement, but I was curious if anyone can >> > remember or show me what the original arrangement was supposed to be? >> > >> > The best clue I could find was this flickr photo: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/9180352@N06/1806202651/ >> > >> > <http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2327/1806202651_e042ec29ee_n.jpg> >> > >> > The other constraint I have is that the center leather tap thing with >> the >> > Baggins logo has no brass ring. My first instinct is to just do two >> short >> > runs of cord. Each cord will tie to two loops, and I'll stretch that >> cord >> > over one hook. Are there any old photos from old Readers? None of >> this is >> > rocket surgery, so please, no extreme efforts. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/f8VVZL1ihCoJ. 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.
