Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:43:17 +0100
- Message No. 5289
From: ralf.gutgesell@t-online.de (Ralf Gutgesell)
Subject: Re: modify on five stars carrier
Hi Nicola,
when I received your last mail about your five-stars carrier, I realized that I
had not answered your last personal mail to me. I am very sorry about it - the
first reason is that I am a bit stressed out about my final exams of my studies
and the second one is the fact that I actually don't know how to explain to you
the modifications I made in further details. Regretably I can't send you any
pictures of my bike, for my PC is not equipped for things like that.
I think that your modification is quite a good idea - this thing definitely is in
need of some more stability! As possible damages are concerned - well, you sould
try not to crash the bike, especially not on paved roads at high velocity, right?
And if it really should happen, I think that the damage will be less than without
the carrier, anyway - at least this was what happened when I myself crashed my @
in '95! The only damage I had was the carrier itself, in fact. I believe that
your modification won't make any difference in this espect. Are you afraid of
bending your frame?
For more detailed information about my own modifikation I can only repeat that
you basically have to cut this 90°-angle piece out of the one holding at (under)
the saddle and weld it into the other (normally straight) holding that goes
underneath the saddle. This action raises the bags by exactly the length of this
angle-piece.
Anybody out there who also did this modification and is able to explain it better
than I can?
take care Ralf
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