Time to up your stick game. The mental image of a perfectly coved deadfall limb liftastick is pretty amusing. At that point you sand the paint off in two spots and epoxy it to the tubes.
Philip www.biketinker.com On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 3:41:23 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Authenticity is in the eye of the beholder, of course. I practically > never build anything out of a stick. I often build things from wood, > plastic, metal. Almost never a stick. I'm the son of a machinist. > > On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 3:15:45 PM UTC-8, dougP wrote: >> >> Bill: >> >> PLASTIC PIPE? Really? For authenticity, needs to be real wood, >> preferably a stick one has salvaged from deadfall, recently removed from >> the bike lane. >> >> dougP >> >> On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 12:46:17 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> I think having the handle be both rigid itself and rigidly attached to >>> the downtube and seat tube are important. >>> >>> If I was going to try for a DIY solution, I would use a short length of >>> PVC pipe. I would >>> >>> 1. Pick where the lift-a-tube will attach to the seat tube and >>> downtube. >>> 2. Wrap both those areas with Newbaums or equivalent. A couple layers >>> thick. This protects the frame tubes and provides a soft-ish landing spot >>> for the liftatube to 'bite into' >>> 3. Cut a length of PVC pipe to fit. By 'to fit', i mean a few inches >>> too long. I'd probably use 1/2" or 3/4" PVC because the O.D. of both of >>> those will be smaller than the frame tubes. >>> 4. With saws and files, mitre the PVC to fit flush on the frame tubes. >>> The final position you are going for is completely horizontal. >>> 5. I'd drill s couple holes so that I could strap each end around its >>> frame tube with two zip ties in an "X" configuration. >>> 6. Bob's your uncle >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 12:32:52 PM UTC-8, islaysteve wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, Bill's review has really got me thinking about getting/making a >>>> strap handle like the one Jeremy linked to. I don't commute, but do carry >>>> the bike up/down half a flight for every ride, a full flight if I want to >>>> work on it in the basement. The shop Jeremy linked to is "on break", so >>>> I'd >>>> have to find another source. Seems like something Riv should sell, I bet >>>> the bag makers could make them. Anyway, thanks Bill for the insight! >>> >>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
