Re: [RBW] Acorn Hobo and Nitto Lamp Holder

2010-02-23 Thread Roy Yates
It sounds like you're saying that for a front bag, lower is always better?
Is that right?

Does that mean a not-too-tall  bag that mounts just on a (mini?) front rack
is better than the similar size bag that also uses a decaleur or just uses a
handlebar mount?

Thanks,
...Roy

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:45 PM, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote:

 I know that some of you out there are as in love with the Hobo bag
 design as I am.  On my Roadeo the Acorn version has been working
 pretty well, but I wanted to tweak it a bit.  I bought a nitto Lamp
 Holder 2, quite a nice bit of shiny Nitto goodness as one would
 expect.  I mounted it with the accessory bar down and back a bit from
 the Bar center.  This alowed a clear path for the existing cable runs
 while getting the bag down almost 2 inches, and back 1/2 an inch or
 so.  There was a noticible improvement in the handling when I stuff
 too much junk in it, and almot no affect in handling with 5 lbs or
 less in it.

 Pics Here:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/36302...@n08/4380585188/

 I have been making an honest effort not to carry so much stuff on this
 bike, not that it can't handle it, but it is just not the point of the
 bike.

 Rob

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[RBW] Acorn Hobo and Nitto Lamp Holder

2010-02-22 Thread rperks
I know that some of you out there are as in love with the Hobo bag
design as I am.  On my Roadeo the Acorn version has been working
pretty well, but I wanted to tweak it a bit.  I bought a nitto Lamp
Holder 2, quite a nice bit of shiny Nitto goodness as one would
expect.  I mounted it with the accessory bar down and back a bit from
the Bar center.  This alowed a clear path for the existing cable runs
while getting the bag down almost 2 inches, and back 1/2 an inch or
so.  There was a noticible improvement in the handling when I stuff
too much junk in it, and almot no affect in handling with 5 lbs or
less in it.

Pics Here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36302...@n08/4380585188/

I have been making an honest effort not to carry so much stuff on this
bike, not that it can't handle it, but it is just not the point of the
bike.

Rob

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