> I was messing around last night and I think I might actually try to put the > marks rack with a platrack on the REAR of the QB and strap the bag to that. > Anyone ever tried this? > > Pete in CT
Recently I've been zip-tying a wald basket to my rear Tubus Airy and using it with a shopsack for grocery shopping. This is with my faux QB (proto bleriot set up as a single). I think I've had 25-30 pounds on it (I had a recent post listing what was in the shopsack the first time I tried this), but for only about 2-3 miles as it was just home from the co-op. Also note that I am short and my frame is little, and I am not one of those young 40-something-whippersnappers but rather one of those young 50-something-whippersnappers. My thoughts are as follows: 1) if this load had been up front on my nitto mini front rack, I would've hated it. 2) I didn't love it up high on the back, but the ease of the set-up in every which way and my short-haul purpose made it worth it. 3) it would be an even better set-up on a Betty/Yves due to the swinging the short little leg up high over the rear end factor. 4) the rigging/lashing of the basket to the rack was really stable as far as the mounting was concern--in addition to lashing it to the Tubus, I also o zip-tied the top of the wald basket to the saddle loops of the brooks. This works with a low saddle nicely. 5) I suppose I should give it up and start posting pictures on flicker because I'm beginning to feel like a parasite getting all these good ideas from looking at everyone's photos and I haven't posted anything ever on flicker... your grateful-to-everyone-who-posts-photos-of-their-rivs friend, liesl -- 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.
