"No sway" is encouraging - I may try this! Should I worry about the longevity of the leather straps?
How did you manage to keep the straps from sliding down the rails? On Oct 19, 10:43 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got a used Camper today (it's a later one with the drawstring skirt; > the quality is not as good as the older ones I remember: thinner > canvas, plastic scuff lining instead of leather; but it's still very > nice) for the trike on which I run a Turbo and, hating even the VO > bolt-on loops, let alone the diabolic Cyclo ones, I decided to try to > strap it directly to the rails. It took a bit of twisting and a pair > of pliers to pull the second strap tight enough to get the buckle into > the second loop, but now the bag's dowel sits tight up against the > saddle and, with the strap around the seatpost, there is no sway. > Who'd'a' thought? Straps, of course, started with buckles inside and > underneath dowel so that other end comes back in on top and cinches > with pointy end downward. > > Would this work on a bicycle? The trike has a very, very short > rear-center (the 27X1 1/8" tires overlap the bb shell) so that the > stays are more vertical. But I don't see why not. > > Wisht I had a Hoss but the Camper will do for now. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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.
