Old 08-10-16 | 01:25 PM
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bulldog1935
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From: downtown Bulverde, Texas

Bikes: '74 Raleigh International utility; '98 Moser Forma road; '92 Viner Pro CX upright

Several I can throw up on this thread, but it will be my CX upright.
Not hole one in this frame or fork, not a brake bolt hole, not a fender boss
I ride distance and I'm serious about my roadside gear.

Great deal on an Ostrich 7-l bag, used a Nitto R12 bag support and wire cage for the canti brake. The bag doesn't even come close to thighs and one bag strap is attached to the wire cage

Put a Gino light mount on my Paul monkey brake hanger, using a longer M-5 and 3 split lock washers to fill the gap in the Gino


For my rear light mount, took the Hot Shot seatpost mount apart and ran an M-5 through a strap gusset on the saddle bag


When winter got here, and my Ostrich full enough of 38mm fold-up tire, et.al, needed a place to stuff layers.
I had been thinking from day one how to put a front mini rack on the bike.
The answer was Nitto marks rack since it has 4 rod bolt clevises. Rear rack struts to Tubus LM-1 clamps on the unicrown, and the front rack struts to Paul canti rack mounts, but also had to get some L-brackets from McMaster

Which brings up another dilemma, a front bag crops the top headlight mount right in front of the bike, so I added a Gino mount to the front rack strut using a Nitto rod bolt and roll-tapping the Gino to the rod bolt M-6, plus a Bellville washer (have done this before on another bike with Nitto M18 front rack and long struts, and also have done it for several other people who mailed me their Ginos and Nitto rod bolts)

Thinking out the fender problem - and we had a monsoon spring - I finally settled on Raceblade XL, and added a PDW Origami (front) splash guard to the seat tube to make it near-enough full-coverage (cut some width from the Origami and used heat to take some flare out of the bracket)

I love these fenders - adequate coverage for 38mm Barlows. You adjust their shape by sliding the fender in the stays. They come with self-tapping screws to pin them, but ride them for a few weeks and make adjustments to get them perfect before you use the screws. After that, they're 2 min to install and 30 seconds to remove. Probably should also mention the Klickfix bottle cage mounts - tried different strap-type mounts on another bike and these are the winners.
My front bag was custom by Ely at Ruthworks


btw, this is a distance bike, and it's fast.
Everybody wants to pigeonhole it, but it's not a cruiser, at least a sport-touring bike, but I like to call it an upright rando
I was thinking about Condorinos and climbing my hills, but everything about this bike is better than a Condorino.

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