Thanks to Garth and others who contacted me off-list with suggestions. To close the loop on this thread, after talking to Antonio @ Rivendell and confirming that the LongBoy was long gone, I ended up buying one of the new "Shiny Rear Racks" when they came into stock last week, and it fits my needs perfectly. Its design has the bottom rack tang (where it connects to the braze-on near the dropout) centered along the length of the platform, so the platform ends up sitting much farther forward that it does on something like the 33R. Plus, when using the M6 braze-on slightly up the seat stay on the Clem and the upper of the two holes on the bottom rack tang, it still has plenty of clearance over 29x2.25" tires. The flat steel upper struts aren't as nice as the aluminum struts on a Nitto or Tubus, but having installed dozens, maybe hundreds, of racks of this type when I was a mechanic, the installation was straightforward. Did my first commute on it this morning and it felt totally solid, albeit with a relatively light load (my laptop and laptop stand in one Ortlieb pannier).
Picture: https://flic.kr/p/2mELwX1 -Jeremy Till Sacramento, CA On Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 2:17:39 AM UTC-7 Garth wrote: > If you can't find a Longboy Jeremy, have you considered using some > p-clamps mounted higher on the seatstays with a 32R or any other rack to > raise it high enough to clear the tires ? Sure, it won't look "clean" if > that matters to you, but it would work. Also, a Tubus rack extension kit > may work to raise a rack up and forward. From the image of it, you'd mount > it upside down, with the slotted portion at the bottom of the lowest frame > eyelet so it would curve up and in. > https://www.tubus.com/en/products/accessories-rear-carriers/tubus-product/foot-extension-set > > On Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:56:17 AM UTC-4 Jeremy Till wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> This is a longshot as WTB posts go but I've had pretty good success >> before on the lists before so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm find myself >> wanting to put a rear rack on my 59cm Clem. In the past it's worn my >> standard Nitto Big Back Rack (33R) but that rack is currently on my LHT and >> I'd like to have racks on both bikes. I really like the idea of a rack that >> tucks the load closer to the frame and thus more within the wheelbase on >> the long chainstay bikes, as I know from experience with longtail cargo >> bikes that that is one of the great advantages of such a design. >> >> Rivendell sold such as rack for a short time, the so-called "LongBoy" Big >> Rear Rack, basically a modified 33R with a more angled front so it sat >> farther forward. If you have one that you no longer need, please let me >> know! >> >> I think a similar thing could be achieved with the Medium Back Rack (32R) >> but I measured last night and it wouldn't be tall enough to clear the >> 29x2.25" tires I have on the Clem. >> >> Thanks! >> -Jeremy Till >> Sacramento, CA >> >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fc73be91-2fb7-4c35-b603-eb38a5f0c681n%40googlegroups.com.
