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Comment on Doug Fattic’s Class: Day 8 by Bike From Scratch › Doug Fattic’s Class: Final Thoughts.

Bike From Scratch › Doug Fattic’s Class: Final Thoughts. — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:59:15 +0000

[...] first big frustration was the bi-laminate thing and how long it took us to figure out that we should just drop it. Better planning before class [...]

Comment on Doug Fattic’s Class: Day 11 by Bike From Scratch › On Weights and Measures

Bike From Scratch › On Weights and Measures — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:47:26 +0000

[...] far more than it should. This is two fold I think. A. the steerer is uncut, and B. we did the mutant 1 inch to 1 and 1/8th inch steerer deal so I’ve got 3 inches of 1 inch steerer inside my 1 and 1/8th inch steerer. [...]

Comment on Doug Fattic’s Class: Classmates blogs by clifford

clifford — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:48:39 +0000

little does everyone know that they’ll be largely subjected to sustainable transportation grumblings instead of framebuilding talk!

Comment on Sackville Saddlesack Large Review by Brian Hefferan

Brian Hefferan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:29:37 +0000

My large Saddlesack (serial #31, close to yours) sees hard & heavy daily usage. I’m amazed at how usable and versatile it is in daily commuting and shopping use. I leave the bag on the bike all the time even for century rides, where I’ve hauled home vegetables, watermelons, homemade pies from roadside stands, and other goodies I wouldn’t have considered with a lesser bag. I’m totally happy with it.

An idea for LC: Busted rivets can be replaced very cheaply and easily with copper rivets from a well-stocked hardware store. Just put a similar-sized rivet flange-side-out though the holes the old rivet used, put the rivet washer over the rivet shaft inside the bag, and firmly hit the shaft over the washer a few times with a hammer. I think the Saddlesacks come with hollow-shafted brass rivets, but the solid-shaft copper rivets sold at hardware store should be less likely to fatigue. I suppose it’s better to have a rivet bust from too much stress than have the fabric tear around the rivet, though.

Comment on Sackville Saddlesack Large Review by krujos

krujos — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:54:51 +0000

I’m bummed to hear that another person is having problems. The large bag doesn’t have rivets for attachments (I think because it has support from the bottom). The Ostrich Saddle bag that velo-orange sells is almost the same size (its not as deep). It is intended to be used with a bag support. Too bad about the saddle sack. I’m sure Riv will do there best to make it right.

Comment on Sackville Saddlesack Large Review by LC

LC — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:51:14 +0000

I’m so sad about my experience with this bag! I have the Sackville size S and the metal rivets keep popping out of the canvas. The bag itself seems really high quality, but the attachments between the leather straps and the canvas are just really terrible, honestly. I’m going to send mine back- but it’s too bad! I haven’t found another bag this functional. Ideas?

Comment on 3 months with my Sam Hillborne by Andrew Malcolmson

Andrew Malcolmson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:26:03 +0000

Re the shimmy when riding no handed: according to the Internet, reduced trail bikes like this handle better at speed with a front load like handle bar bag.

Comment on 3 months with my Sam Hillborne by Fai Mao

Fai Mao — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:14:43 +0000

I like my Sam too!

Happy riding

Comment on Sam Hillborne Update by Bike From Scratch › 3 months with my Sam Hillborne

Bike From Scratch › 3 months with my Sam Hillborne — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:04:56 +0000

[...] with the buying experience aside from a few communication issues regarding the paint (which I have discussed elsewhere). In the end they made that right and I think only good things of those guys. I’ll continue [...]

Comment on Big dummy on a trunk rack by krujos

krujos — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:56:26 +0000

Bob, kind of a long story, but the original order got screwed up so I got to pick a color. I think the powder coat color is post office blue.