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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