The pictures in the photo stream show a bike with a bag mounted to the bars, not a decalleur, and I would swear the tape in those pictures was leather. michael
On Aug 22, 8:16 pm, Way Rebb <grayc...@mac.com> wrote: > 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.
