N+1! Whoop whoop!

[ttcycle]

Oh I've gone and done it, a n+1.
a warning...do not go and visit a friend who is leaving soon for a RTW cycling trip.
Cash is none existent but I have somehow managed to now own another bike. A Salsa Casseroll. She's a lovely bike, I plan to go take her on light tours, holidays etc. Partner thinks I am nuts and doesn't see the appeal- but she rides like a dream!!

Any ideas how to put a front rack on this bike as she doesn't have lugs/brasers for traditional front racks

 

[Saluki]

Nice looking bike (just googled it). Well done on your acquisition. We hope to be joining you in the new bike department by the first weekend of September.

Can't help with the carrier fastenings though.
Congratulations.

 

[potsy]

Wicker basket on the handlebars surely

 

[ttcycle]

Saluki, hope you get a lovely bike too! Exciting isn't it?

Pots...hah yes, it'll be way too small for you to get a lift in the basket, more your style than mine Miss Marple

 

[P.H]

Any ideas how to put a front rack on this bike as she doesn't have lugs/brasers for traditional front racks

Great choice, a friend has one and loves it.


Why would you need a front rack for light touring? It isn't really designed for heavy stuff that would need four panniers, but if you must then Tubus make a range of fittings;

http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Fit Solutions/FIT SOLUTIONS PAGE.htm

 

[ttcycle]

Well, I say light touring but probably want a bit more carrying capacity, so I can take more and pay for for less things on the road.

Thanks for the link, I shall check it out once I'm back as off for a ride and a cake party!

 

[XmisterIS]

How the hell did you manage to get that for free? Google says they cost about £1300!!

 

[Sittingduck]

Very nice

I ordered a new bike myself on Friday... must be something in the air

Hope you and the Casseroll are very happy together!

 

[Arch]

Any ideas how to put a front rack on this bike as she doesn't have lugs/brasers for traditional front racks

Looking at the one I googled (on the salsa website), they describe a custom lightweight front rack which seems to be attached at the brake bosses and at the fork crown. I guess you could bodge a non-custom rack on with P clips on the fork blades, and a bolt and some sort of bracket at the fork crown - depends on the fixings the rack has....

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tortec/p-clips-ec006759

P clips are the answer to most things, along with cable ties, gaffer tape, and hitting it with a hammer.

 

[P.H]

Looking at the one I googled (on the salsa website), they describe a custom lightweight front rack which seems to be attached at the brake bosses and at the fork crown.

I had a google as well, your description didn't sound anything like the one my friend had and indeed it seems Salsa have made a lot of changes to it recently. I suspect a second hand one would be the original model;


http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/smsimg/104/8316-22267-full-complete-104.jpg

 

[Baggy]

Excellent! Salsa bikes are supposed to be extremely good...

 

[Arch]

I had a google as well, your description didn't sound anything like the one my friend had and indeed it seems Salsa have made a lot of changes to it recently. I suspect a second hand one would be the original model;


http://www.tritoncyc...omplete-104.jpg

Yeah, so it looks like no brake bosses - p clips it is then.

 

[ttcycle]

Yeah it's the older one thats gold coloured.
No I haven't got the bike for free, she's knocked a third off what she spent on it and I'll pay for the bike over the next five years. She wanted the bike to go to someone she knew and who would really appreciate it.

At some point I'll look into the rack but no desperate urgency right now

 

[clarion]

Nice. That looks like it could do some fun touring.

The freedom of cycle touring means you can head out any weekend and you can be on holiday from the moment you leave work. We camp about half the summer weekends, but our first trip this year was January.

 

[calibanzwei]

With a name like Salsa Casseroll, I just feel hungry...