I will try to get a video made in the next day or two showing the ease of use and the lateral strength. It's plenty strong. When I rock the basket, the whole rack flexes, not the connection. I think if you used a Wald or a light basket, there might be an issue. I bought this online and it was a basket for a beach cruiser, with a double strut for mounting on the axle. The top mount was to be mounted on the steer tube like a cable hanger/headset spacer. The basket isn't real heavy, but it is a little stouter than the smaller Walds (not the newspaper basket with struts). The basket mounting plates, just happen to be perfect for my design, as they were engineered to carry the load the same way, by the plates. They also happened to be close to the right position.
On Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:17:08 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > Slick, indeed... but I would be slightly concerned about lateral > stability, particularly when carrying a load that is heavily weighted to > one side... do the connectors front and rear have enough strength to keep > the basket from 'rolling' left or right without putting undue strain on > those connectors? Lateral stability seems to be the weak point for a wide > basket on any narrow rack; not so much front/rear stability. I wonder if > you could use the front tongue idea (brilliant), by simply having one face > left and one right, and installing it in kind of a "twisting motion to > "clamp" under the sides of the rack. You don't really need the > forward/rear stability (because the length of the rack already stabilizes > the basket front to back), but now you'd have excellent left to right > stability. > > Thanks for sharing this; I may try that idea... I'm sure I'd struggle > getting the 'cam over clasp' properly positioned. > > Bobby "Keep it Simple" Birmingham > > On Friday, March 29, 2013 3:52:06 PM UTC-4, clayton wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> A while back I asked the groups opinion of the public bikes basket and >> it's quick release. The opinions I got back were negative and got me >> thinking on how to adapt a basket that could be installed and removed >> easily but be very secure. I live without a car and use my Atlantis for >> groceries etc. I didn't want to haul around an empty basket all the time, >> or deal with zip ties constantly taking the basket off and zip tying it >> down the next time I needed it to go to the store. So my requirements were: >> Instant on/off, secure, elegant, lockable to the bike and not too heavy. >> All was achieved but the elegance. Not ugly, but I need to paint the silver >> bits...lol. >> >> I run panniers and a rear rack regularly. The basket is used as an >> additional overload for *planned* shopping trips. >> >> Check out the photos and descriptions. I tried to be clear as I could so >> you could make your own if you so desired. Progress through the photos from >> old to new. It should make sense after you get through the series of ten >> photos and the descriptions. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
