A useful feature
When I made the latest handlebar bag, I put loops onto the bottom of it so I could thread my bike lock through it when I go out shopping. There’s not much shopping on brevets, so those loops spend most of their time gently flapping in the breeze. Well, today I was thinking of taking the midlifecrisismobile out to the store before picking up the bears, so I threaded the lock in and headed on out. I didn’t actually get to the store, but I did manage to ride around for a while with the lock gently flapping in the breeze (and, more importantly, staying out of the way so I didn’t have to worry about it either jumping out of the handlebar and/or saddlebag, or rattling around on the frame.)
When I braze up the porteur rack and sew a front rack for it, I’ll need to figure out how I’m going to mount the lock. braze-on loops on the rack? fabric loops sewn around the rails? I dunno – I’ll figure that out when the time comes.