Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling - Acorn Boxy Rando Bag

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unterhausen
05-22-09, 09:07 PM
eh. did a fleche this past weekend and it was fine. a little wobbly on some high speed descents when fully stuffed, and the cords cut into my h-bar wrap... but so far so good.

i'm debating having that decaleur made, or just rigging something myself.
i actually rode round today with no bag and just the light and the rack. might even ditch the bag but for all the longest events... who knows.

i have come to like having most of my gear within easy reach... but...


Mike, is that a composite fork?
I suffer too badly from ADD to ever manage to snag one of these bags, I'll probably end up with one from Velo Orange.

bmike
05-22-09, 10:17 PM
Mike, is that a composite fork?
I suffer too badly from ADD to ever manage to snag one of these bags, I'll probably end up with one from Velo Orange.

steel fork, from indy fab. with lowriders.
ClydesterD
05-23-09, 05:17 PM
i snagged a set of a performance / nashbar mtb aerobar thingies off the web a ways back...

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/images/products/Lights/nitto-light-bar.jpg


The "performance / nashbar mtb aerobar thingy" pictured is a Nitto Lamp Holder, available from Ben's Cycle in Milwaukee. They're great if you need the extra real estate up front, although I wish they'd have made the extensions at least a half-inch longer so my digits would have a little more room. I've never tried to support much weight---just headlights and a compass---so I don't know how they'd hold up to, say, several kilograms of torque on them.

bmike
05-23-09, 06:02 PM
The "performance / nashbar mtb aerobar thingy" pictured is a Nitto Lamp Holder, available from Ben's Cycle in Milwaukee. They're great if you need the extra real estate up front, although I wish they'd have made the extensions at least a half-inch longer so my digits would have a little more room. I've never tried to support much weight---just headlights and a compass---so I don't know how they'd hold up to, say, several kilograms of torque on them.

yup - that is the nitto lamp holder, and i know it.
the pic is from peter white's site.


performance thing is something different - that works in a similar fashion if you ditch the bar end curvy things and use a straight piece of handlebar.