Sweet! You can even lock it if you want to. :) I don't quite understand the angled basket to keep the cam tensioned. Wouldn't serious weight in the basket push the basket all the way down to flat, which would then reduce tension on the clasp just as you need it most? What am I missing?
Gernot On Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:49:50 AM UTC+7, clayton wrote: > > Ok, now it is all finished, and "elegantized". I polished the tongue and > filed the top buckle mount down to an asthetic shape and painted it black. > I also filed grooves on the sandwich to encapsulate the rack wire. Thanks > for all the compliments! Here's the finished basket: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fireman483/8603662517/in/photostream/ > 3 photos, click to newer.....It was simple to do, as long as you > understand what is needed to make the "cam over hasp" function. Good luck > to all you tinkerers out there! > > On Friday, March 29, 2013 12:52:06 PM UTC-7, clayton wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> A while back I asked the groups opinion of the public bikes basket and >> it's quick release. The opinions I got back were negative and got me >> thinking on how to adapt a basket that could be installed and removed >> easily but be very secure. I live without a car and use my Atlantis for >> groceries etc. I didn't want to haul around an empty basket all the time, >> or deal with zip ties constantly taking the basket off and zip tying it >> down the next time I needed it to go to the store. So my requirements were: >> Instant on/off, secure, elegant, lockable to the bike and not too heavy. >> All was achieved but the elegance. Not ugly, but I need to paint the silver >> bits...lol. >> >> I run panniers and a rear rack regularly. The basket is used as an >> additional overload for *planned* shopping trips. >> >> Check out the photos and descriptions. I tried to be clear as I could so >> you could make your own if you so desired. Progress through the photos from >> old to new. It should make sense after you get through the series of ten >> photos and the descriptions. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
