Clever hack Roberta! I have the same bag, decades older, on my daily commuter. Since I park in a garage at work that's pretty safe, I use a stuff sack for my cargo and take all contents with me when I get to work (I'm a good bit west of your 17th!). I put my shoes and helmet in the bag during the day and am happy that the hassle of the straps is as it is, but I may use this idea on my Rambouillet, but with a bigger zip ties, when I put that bag on it for trips!
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 8:49:48 PM UTC-5, REC (Roberta) wrote: > > RBW content--this is on my beloved Joe Appaloosa and I'll be making > another one for my A. Homer Hilsen. I love the Nitto one on the Riv site, > but it cannot be used with sprung saddles. > > The idea is to have the dowel long enough so the straps won’t work their > way off by themselves, but short enough so you can slide the straps off > fairly easily. My dowel is 7 3/8” long and that’s plenty long. > > You'll need: > > One 7 - 7 ½” long dowel. I used a ¾” wide dowel, but I suspect a ½” > would work just as well. > > Two zip ties > > > > Zip tie the dowel to the INSIDE side of each saddle bag loop--for the left > loop, zip tie to the right; for the right loop, zip tie to the left. Make > it fairly snug, but no need to over tighten. You need to make sure the > dowel won’t slide out on its own. > > > Slide on the pre-buckled bag straps, first one side, and then the other. > Your straps should be sitting just below the saddle loops, in the same > position as if you had threaded them thru the loops. Voila! > > > To remove the bag, just slide the strap from one side first, then the > other side. It helps if there’s a little movement in the dowel. > > > To make the dowel “disappear,” paint it the color of your bag or saddle. Or, > have fun with markers and “art” it up! > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7ba353f9-2eb7-4811-b81b-bdac2e66d46a%40googlegroups.com.
