Doug: I don't know; he seems to like racks but all seem to be customs. You might contact him
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM, doug peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick: > > That is nicely done, very tasteful. Does your rack maker do this as a > regular part of his business or is he interested in doing customs? > The work looks beautiful. > > I have a Nitto big rack on the back of the Atlantis. While > functional, it does look look like a bridge, with the corner bracing & > generally rectangular look. I've often mused on something simpler, > but need to support perhaps 30 lbs at the max. Mass produced racks > seem to be at the extremes, designed either for a 10 lb trunk bag or > 50 lbs touring load. > > dougP > > On Mar 20, 9:20 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5586195366486... > > > > Lighter than the already very light Fly and very stiff. I'll not put more > > than 25 lb on it anyway. I found that it is 1 cm too close to the rear > > fender at the fender's apogee, where the hooks/clips on the Ortliebs > contact > > the fender. I cut material from the hooks and, for good measure dimpled > the > > fender where the forward hooks contacted it, this last probably not > > necessary. I plan to bolt a battery light of some sort at the tail end of > > the rack; a hole is provided. Learn by experience: one more cm would have > > made all this unnecessary; my fault for not thinking of it. > > > > One little issue: the rack struts (nicely lugged at the attachment point) > > are about 1 cm wide so that even the 1 cm long eyebolt for Berthoud type > > fenders is too short. Does anyone know if one can get, say, 12.5 mm > > eyebolts? Alternatively, I could use regular 1 cm eyebolts to mount the > rack > > -- the struts flatten at the mounting point -- so that the eyebolt would > > serve the two purposes. Will these be strong enough? > > > > Right now I am using P or R clips from VO attached at the strut-to-frame > > mounting points. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
