Lava, Napping

[Nanci]

This is a picture of Lava taking a nap at 3-State 3-Mountain. It shows a way to attach a small frame pump on a small frame. I wish I could get two bottles on there, but I just don't know where. I have the small Topeak trunk bag on, with my rain jacket on the top of it. (My knickers and Bolero are inside.) You can see the taillight I leave on all the time, and the two mounts for the two additional taillights I use at night also on the seat stays. She has a Bento Box on the top tube, and an aerobag in between the aerobars. I carry stuff I don't want to get pounded by the top tube, like my cell phone and camera, in there. The little red seat bag holds tools and tubes and a spare truck key- stuff I barely ever have to get to. The trunk bag slides off the rack easily. There's a cable lock around the seatpost, but I've never needed it, and it's wearing the paint. Still, if I ever do need to lock her up, I want to be able to.

[Brandi]

There's no pictures?

[Nanci]

Sorry, it froze up, then I realized I hadn't attached the pic, but then it was a duplicate!

[Nanci]

Trying again...

[maillotpois]

What a lazy bike!!

Hey I really like the Rando sticker you have on her! I only got the bumper sticker with my membership. And my car's too dirty to put the bumper sticker on yet!

[Brina]

beautiful - bet she looks even better in action

[Nanci]

I like to think she shows that you don't need to spend a million dollars on a bike (even though you'd like to!) and still be able to do whatever you want to.

She turned 4000 on that ride, but I was too busy ascending Suck Creek Mountain to notice...

Nanci

[Popoki_Nui]

Awww....they're so cute when they're napping, aren't they?

[brok]

Pretty bike I am curious, have you had any trouble using the seat post rack on a carbon seat post? I had heard that you weren't supposed to use one, but I would love to be able to. Any thoughts??

[Nanci]

No, the rack manufacturer says not to use it on a carbon seatpost. So do as they say, not as I do. I put inner tube under mine, the theory being the seatpost will be protected. And the rack itself has a limit of 20 or 25 pounds, and I don't over load it. Most of the time I doubt if I have five pounds of stuff in there.

I'm sure someone can explain why it's ok to have carbon cranks, with pedals, and carbon bars, with a stem, and a carbon seatpost, with a seat, but it's not ok to have a rack _on_ the seatpost. But I've put several thousand miles on it with that set up and haven't had a problem yet, and I guess if I do- then I'll switch to an aluminium post.

[Running Mommy]

ahhhh.. she sure is cute there taing a little nappy poo..
All i could think of when i was looking at the pic was "man she's seen alot of miles"... But none the worse for wear, thats for sure!

[DrBee]

I don't think it would be possible for you to fit much more on there! But she does look great after all those miles

[Lise]

What a beautiful bike. I appreciate the ability to carry "stuff", and you've done it most compactly. Nice. L.

[brok]

I am tempted to use my seatpost rack on my carbon post and take a chance also. I wouldn't need to carry anything heavy, I just need a place to carry more than will fit in my under the seat bag. Maybe I should buy an aluminum seatpost for the times I want to use the rack. Just thinking out loud

[Dianyla]

I was contemplating switching out my carbon post for a titanium one. That one would definitely have no problems with supporting a trunk rack.

The main deal with carbon fiber is that it's only strong in specific directions. It can be shattered or splintered with side impact, and the trunk rack exerts considerable sideways force on the post.