I mounted a Clem rack on my fat bike with 3.8" tires - easy install. Just drill out the rivets that attach the rear struts to the rack. Attach the rear struts to the side rail mounts with bolts. If you want to run side rails also, just use longer bolts and use a spacer on the front side rail mount, same width as the rear struts - the spacers that Riv sells are perfect. It is an asymmetric 135 mm frame so one side mounted inside the frame and the other side mounted outside the frame.
Laing Cocoa, FL. On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 6:24:07 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > Yep, those are M6 bolts, same as the bigger ones used on the front > mounting blocks for struts on your Pletscher rack. Here's a pic of mine > mounted on the same 45cm Clem H. I mounted to the inside of the braze-ons, > but you may want to stretch to the outside for more tire clearance..as > you've discovered, that rack is not friendly with fat tires. > > Joe Bernard > Novato CA. > > On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 2:54:45 PM UTC-7, Alan H wrote: > > So I'm looking for a bit of advice or insight. Sorry if this question > has been asked before and I missed it. > > > > > > I'm building up a new 45 cm Clem H as an off-road tourer/trail bike. > Really as a circa 1989 mountain bike. It's a not-very Rivendell inspired > build with an all Shimano drivetrain (42/32/24 triple up front and 11-36 > 10-speed in the rear) and 2.4" Conti X-King nobbies. Incidentally this > fairly massive tire easily fits within the frame limits, though I do have > to deflate them to get them past the v-brakes (even when they're opened > up). So far I love the bike. Fun on trails as long as they don't get too > gnarly. > > > > > > Now to my question. I'm trying to mount a Plescher Clem rack to the back > of the bike, but I'll be darned in the mounts on the rear dropouts aren't > odd sizes. There are three different mount points on the rear dropouts. One > is the normal screw size and fits the hardware supplied with the rack. The > problem is that it's the lowest mount point and the rack won't clear the > 2.4" tire if I mount it there. The other two mount points use larger screw > sizes that weren't supplied with the rack (even though the Riv video says > to mount the rack to the highest point in the rear dropout). > > > > > > Has anyone else had this issue with their Clem and mounting a rear rack? > If so, how did you deal with it? Does anyone know the size of the screws > needed for the other mount points on the rear dropout? Again, maybe I've > missed something, but I'm a little frustrated trying to get the rack > mounted. > > > > > > Thanks! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
