Is that a Quickbeam? Cool set up, whichever bike it's on! On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Paul <paulr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been meaning for so long to put up some more on my bike and this > summer's tour, but the > farming season this year just keeps going and going. Seems like this > never gets the high priority. > Oh well. > > The short story is that I took the bike in much the same condition > from Toronto, ON to Leamington, ON > via Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts, > Connecticut, and New York. > Two months of mostly solo riding, lots of rain, lots of nice folks, a > few farms, some old friends, and one flat: a thumb tack. > > Sorry about the resolution on this picture: > http://picasaweb.google.com/paulryda/1?feat=directlink > More to come, I promise. > > Oh, the bags are made out of some thick canvas that's been treated > with a homemade oil/wax/pine tar mix. > Water would sit on the top of that front bag in a little pool. Nice. > The front bags weren't the best design. > The transition to leather at the bottom loves to pull in water, so you > just keep the bottom stuff in dry bags, > and the water drains out the corners eventually. I played around with > the rear bag quite a bit and ended up > not having the roll roll up with the cargo, and that was simpler to > roll up and it didn't really matter if my tarp, > wet from the night, got a little wet while riding. There's a nitto > mini front rack there with an addition that I made > with some help, the front bags rest in hooks that anchor to the > eyelets mid fork, on the addition and also from > a bracket that comes down from the skewer and keeps the bags from > swinging from the bottom. > > Happy Trails, > > -Paul Ryda > > Sylvan Township, MI > (just west of Chelsea) > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@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.
