Michael, The tape is cloth tape, silver, with three or four coats of garnet shellac applied over a year ago. It is getting a nice patina now.
The HB bag felt different for about the first 10 minutes. Now I don't even notice. I used the VO bag mounted to the front rack for quite a while. That also felt different at first but I couldn't access the pockets and fastening the latch was awkward. That was due to the way I mounted it. The decalleur would have been better but I would have to take to much of the bike apart. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrebb/4918208604/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrebb/4917605573/ I love the magnet closure on the Sackville bag and the side pockets are easy to access, being handle bar level, Last century I used a Kirtland mounted high and have never noticed negative handling characteristics. I'd say the handed is fine. Tomatos ride in the saddle bag and are packed pretty tightly with the onions and peppers and a bunch of other stuff. They survive the ride with a nice tomato flavor. Regards, Ray On Aug 22, 3:56 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Three questions, Ray. > How do you like the leather HB tape? > Does having a HB bag that hi up affect the bike handling? > How do you get tomatoes home a bike without them getting all banged > up? > > Michael > in cool, rainy Westford, VT -- 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.
