I think zip ties are the best. You go buy the plastic container that has like 2000 of them in all sizes and colors. Use them at will for everything and throw the bits in your recycling bin when you remove them. They go on in 5 seconds and come off in 2. Hose clamps may seem reusable, but if you use them to clamp perpendicular tubes to each other like is common with basket to rack attachments, then it's bent too much to re use, and you probably cut the end of it of anyway, so all you can do is remove it and recycle it, just like a zip tie. Except the hose clamp took you 5 minutes instead of 5 seconds. Don't fear the ziptie! A quality bicycle with real intrinsic utilitarian value has no room for snobbery!
On Nov 17, 11:34 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anti-Wald baskets? Please! It ties the whole bike > together!http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/261885177/http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/2606762352/http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/2896429063/ > > I'm seriously considering putting (hose-clamping) it back on. > > Philip (no zip ties, no wicker) > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com > > On Nov 17, 4:26 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I still shudder slightly, inwardly, at the thought of putting a Wald > > on a nice Rivendell. I love them for beaters, but not for Rivs. It's > > like attaching fenders to a $3500 custom with zip ties --- not right! > > What about a nice wicker basket? > > > Me, I use Axiom Dutch panniers which are simple, big-mouthed and > > capacious and simply drape over the rack. > > > But each to his or her own -- just my opinion, not a condemnation -- > > at most a deprecation. > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The ShopSack, Wald basket, Nitto mini front rack combo is awesome. I > > > can't recommend it highly enough. > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/4855266524/ > > > > --mike > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
