Anyone Using a Wald Basket?
02-17-09 | 03:47 PM
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Anyone Using a Wald Basket?
I'm wondering if anyone is using a wald with their bike, and if you could post pics. I want to put one on one of my bikes, and my g/f is getting a new fixed gear bike, and I'd like to put one on hers too. I'm just not sure what kind of bars will take them.
Anyone using one with mustache bars? I don't really like risers, and I'm not sure if she will either. Anyway, I'd like to see some set ups to get an idea of what kinds of bars I'll need to look for.
Thanks.
Oh, and I searched but didn't come up with much. Kept getting a null resultset, which has never happened to me 5 times in a row, regardless of how i searched.
Anyone using one with mustache bars? I don't really like risers, and I'm not sure if she will either. Anyway, I'd like to see some set ups to get an idea of what kinds of bars I'll need to look for.
Thanks.
Oh, and I searched but didn't come up with much. Kept getting a null resultset, which has never happened to me 5 times in a row, regardless of how i searched.
Last edited by Jake_M; 02-17-09 at 03:49 PM. Reason: added ps
02-17-09 | 04:13 PM
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A moustache bar might interfere with mounting a Wald basket because of the forward projection of the bars, especially if you're using standard drop levers mounted at the front of the bends (which seems pretty typical, if you're running brakes.)
If she wants the angled-back hand position of moustache bars, check out Velo-Orange "Tourist" or "Milan" or Nitto "Left Bank" bars. If she wants more of a straight-back grip, Nitto "Promenade" or "Montmartre" bars would work, or V-O "Belleville" for a bar with no rise at all.
If she wants the angled-back hand position of moustache bars, check out Velo-Orange "Tourist" or "Milan" or Nitto "Left Bank" bars. If she wants more of a straight-back grip, Nitto "Promenade" or "Montmartre" bars would work, or V-O "Belleville" for a bar with no rise at all.
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02-17-09 | 08:03 PM
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02-17-09 | 09:17 PM
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A moustache bar might interfere with mounting a Wald basket because of the forward projection of the bars, especially if you're using standard drop levers mounted at the front of the bends (which seems pretty typical, if you're running brakes.)
If she wants the angled-back hand position of moustache bars, check out Velo-Orange "Tourist" or "Milan" or Nitto "Left Bank" bars. If she wants more of a straight-back grip, Nitto "Promenade" or "Montmartre" bars would work, or V-O "Belleville" for a bar with no rise at all.
If she wants the angled-back hand position of moustache bars, check out Velo-Orange "Tourist" or "Milan" or Nitto "Left Bank" bars. If she wants more of a straight-back grip, Nitto "Promenade" or "Montmartre" bars would work, or V-O "Belleville" for a bar with no rise at all.
02-17-09 | 10:39 PM
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i just got one of these sunlite baskets from my LBS. i love it, im glad i got it over a wald, and itcompletely adjustable to fit your bike perfectly, the support legs are threaded to adjust to any height. i have it mounted with 31.8 risers now. i just cut off the hooked part of the mounts and used some 1" rubber coated p-clips from lowes to mount it. using this basket and the p-clips to mount it you could definitely mount to moustache bars becuase you have much more flexibility as far as bar location and angles for mounting. sorry for no pics, ill try and take some tomorrow for you if you want.
https://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ducts_id=18534
https://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ducts_id=18534
