Re: [RBW] Re: rack for Wald 139 re: zip-ties & baskets

2023-08-15 Thread Eric Floden
No sign of degradation that I could see. I am sorry now I did not keep them. I was packing the car for a drive across the country, saw that damage, and tossed them. Hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime thing... On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 14:00 'John Phillips' via RBW Owners Bunch <

Re: [RBW] Re: rack for Wald 139 re: zip-ties & baskets

2023-08-15 Thread 'John Phillips' via RBW Owners Bunch
Eric, were the straps degrading, or were just broken, or cut, or? John On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 9:47:04 AM UTC-7 ericf3 wrote: > Here's an oddity. I bought a couple of Voile straps for future use, around > 2019. I stored them atop the donut spare in our Forester. Last month, I >

Re: [RBW] Re: rack for Wald 139 re: zip-ties & baskets

2023-08-15 Thread Eric Floden
Here's an oddity. I bought a couple of Voile straps for future use, around 2019. I stored them atop the donut spare in our Forester. Last month, I accessed the space and both straps were broken. Not a clean cut, but close to it. I wouldn't suppose that it means anything for other users, but that

[RBW] Re: rack for Wald 139 re: zip-ties & baskets

2023-08-15 Thread 'John Phillips' via RBW Owners Bunch
+1 for Voile straps for attaching baskets to racks. I haven't broken any wires on my baskets, but my zip-ties seem to break on their own. I used to find broken zip-ties sometimes when I did a quick bike & rack check before heading out. The zip-ties never broke while I was riding, but would