Yeah... someday when my ship has come in... when I can toss thousands around here and there... when I'd say "you know, this Hillborne'd be perfect if it were a 60.5cm frame and its fork had 3mm less trail... so make me a custom!"... when I can roll out my 7cm-14cm Nitto lugged steel stem collection like a set of allen wrenches... at that point I'd purchase an F-15-compatible handlebar bag from Guu Watanabe and feel great about it. Guu Watanabe bags just look sooo good. Mind you, I'm not saying I'll wait 'til then. I may just do it and get the hell over not feeling great about it. But for now I resist! (Oh, and I'd also want a full set of panniers and a couple of rack trunks and maybe I'd buy a Brompton so I could get one of their front bags for it.) Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:54:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Cloud wrote: > I agree that the Nitto F-15 rack is very solid. It also mounts on a > handlebar without marring the bar in any way, which isn't often the > case. > > Some of the Japanese bag makers (e.g. guu Watanabe) use the F-15 for a > handlebar bag. With the exchange rate of the Yen-to-Dollar these bags > are very expensive however. Here's a link that shows a bag from guu > Watanabe with the F-15 rack: http://www.guu-watanabe.com/frontretroe.html > > Jim Cloud > Tucson, AZ > > On Jul 10, 12:02 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <tapebu...@gmail.com> 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/-/RBG3Kjeio8YJ. 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.
