Thanks for the insights and the recommendations. I'll get with Merry Sales/Soma and see what's what.
-- Bob On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:41:55 AM UTC-6 Mike Godwin wrote: > I agree with P.W., the silver is flat in the tombstone area relative to > the semi-gloss of the rest of the rack. > > Perhaps one of these Nitto Rack Rear R10 Bag Supporter | Soma Fab Shop > <https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/18669-nitto-rack-rear-r10-bag-supporter-3798?page=2&category=954#attr=> > > Someone on 650b or this, or ibob has one posted for sale. > > Mike SLO CA > > On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:11:08 AM UTC-7 [email protected] > wrote: > >> If this doesn't work i'm afraid my photo will be a no-show. >> >> On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 12:05:10 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> crap... photo-failure... if i can fix it i'll make the picture available >>> somehow >>> >>> On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 12:03:04 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Here’s what I got when I ordered via the link I shared: >>>> >>>> [image: image0.jpeg] >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2025, at 11:53 AM, P W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Was gonna say, if you zoom in on the photo, the back looks perhaps a >>>> little uneven, like maybe the tombstone has been hacked off and filed down… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> P. W. >>>> ~ >>>> (917) 514-2207 >>>> ~ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2025, at 9:37 AM, Danny <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I've got one on a bike too, bought it from a list member back in 2021. >>>> >>>> Will mentions the no-tombstone R-14 in a newsletter back in 2020 and >>>> talks about cutting off tombstones on racks. So that's always an option if >>>> you can't find the version you're after. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *This picture and specifically the old-version R-14 rack on the back >>>> reminds me of something I wanted to put in an email update: If you're >>>> having trouble putting a saddlesack onto a rack with a tombstone (that >>>> pretty rounded piece on the frame-side of the rack), it's OK to cut it >>>> off. >>>> I did exactly that to my basket rack so I could push the basket closer to >>>> the headtube for slightly better handling.We used big bolt cutters and >>>> filed the sharp edge smooth.* >>>> >>>> Danny >>>> Madison, WI >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM '[email protected]' via RBW >>>> Owners Bunch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I acquired a new silver flat R-14 (no tombstone, no "curb") from >>>>> soma fabrications just last month. >>>>> >>>>> Nitto Rack Rear R14 Riv Silver | Soma Fab Shop >>>>> <https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/nitto-rack-rear-r14-riv-silver-2874#attr=4213> >>>>> >>>>> Yours, >>>>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:58:31 AM UTC-5 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Good to know, Bones. My tombstone-having R-14 likewise interferes >>>>>> with my medium Saddlesack, though it works fine with my large. I prefer >>>>>> to >>>>>> carry the medium most of the time, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> Another member messaged me off-list to suggest that the rack on >>>>>> Vaughn's custom might be a prototype that RBW had hanging around. These >>>>>> data (all two of them) exclude neither the prototype theory nor the >>>>>> commercially-available theory. But there are at least two such R-14s in >>>>>> the >>>>>> world! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Bob >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 4:54:11 AM UTC-6 Bones wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Bob, this rack does exist; I have one and it is currently attached >>>>>>> to my Hillborne. I bought it to accommodate my large rear Sackville >>>>>>> bag, >>>>>>> for which the tombstone would interfere. Unfortunately, I cannot recall >>>>>>> where I purchased it (somewhere on the interwebs, some years ago). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bones >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 7:02:38 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have a Nitto R-14 rear rack with tombstone (backstop/loadstop) >>>>>>>> and the single hole for a mounting a reflector or light. The tombstone >>>>>>>> interferes with a bag or two that I like to use, so I have considered >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> version with… let's call it a curb (shown here: >>>>>>>> https://global.bluelug.com/nitto-r14-rear-bag-supporter-silver.html >>>>>>>> ). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But I have seen a few photos of an R-14 with neither the tombstone >>>>>>>> nor the curb *and* a three-hole mounting plate for a taillight. >>>>>>>> This is the version on Vaughn's custom from 2021 ( >>>>>>>> https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/customer-bikes/vaughns-custom-andreas-sam-and-some-other-miscellany?_pos=1&_sid=94274944c&_ss=r). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can't find evidence of this version for sale anywhere, though. 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