Man, I am so glad to read this thread. I kept thinking it was just me. Now I can throw mine away w/o guilt. I agree that it should not be sold or resold. Nice people don't do stuff like that. GeorgeS
On Apr 14, 4:55 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > With the Silver Hupe, for me the seat stay diameter made a difference. > > On the Quickbeam, with single tapered seat-stays it gouged the paint a > bit and didn't want to fit around the larger diameter seat stays. > On the Rambouillet with double tapered seat-stays, noticeable smaller > diameter, it fit just fine. > > Angus > > On Apr 5, 8:34 pm, LF <fie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 5, 5:21 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote:> I had the same > > problem with mine. Definitely suggest wrapping some cloth bar tape around > > the stays before mounting the Hupe. > > > > --Eric > > > cloth,even shellacked, will not offer full protection from a silver > > hupe. I know from experience. Maybe a few layers of inner tube will > > do the trick? That said, I love my silver hupe. It allows me to use > > the same bike for commuting, shopping,and club rides. easy on/ easy > > off. Make a bike more versatile. I carried such heavy loads on mine > > that it bent. I'm going to do my best to bend it back. > > > Silver hupe on back, Wald Quick Release <http://www.waldsports.com/ > > index.cfm/wald114basket.html> on front -- for getting the most out of > > one bike. > > > Best, > > Larry- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
