Don't despair. You really do not need "that much" work to get it to fit onto your bike. I've got a Nitto rack on my Sam, but recently purchased the VO rack because $55 seemed like too good of a deal to pass up.
I currently have the VO rack installed on my Surly Steamroller. Now, I did have to grind down the bold underneath the crown about a quarter inch, but it wasn't a big deal. The p-clamps worked like a charm and I had to do minimal bending to get the rack to fit properly. Don't give up; try to install it. tony On Apr 24, 8:34 am, "William L. Stump" <[email protected]> wrote: > I played with it yesterday and I don't think it's going to work without major > finagling. The included bolt that hangs from the brake bolt almost touches > the front tire. I should have got the Marks rack but the price was off > putting but now I'm out $55 (no returns on VO specials). Oh well live and > learn. > William > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of William [[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 10:05 AM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: installing front rack on Rambouillet > > Another big part to the Marks Rack versatility is that is can be mated > to a platrack. Four Nitto front racks (two Marks, two Mini Fronts) in > my stable. One Platrack means any of those four bikes can be set up > Porteur style at the drop of a hat. That reminds me..it's getting > close to the time to pick which bike is going on the Angel Island S24O > in two weeks. > > On Apr 22, 11:03 pm, "J. Burkhalter" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Steve, > > > I didn't mean to suggest any superiority amongst racks. I just > > prefer the versatility of the Mark's rack. I bought mine years ago > > for front use on my Ram. Since then it has served good time on an > > Atlantis, a Bleriot , a QB, and a Karate Monkey.. Front and rear. I > > don't think it's superior at anything. It's just decent to good at > > more things than most racks out there. I like that kind of value. > > > -Jay B. > > > On Apr 22, 5:22 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 16:19 -0700, J. Burkhalter wrote: > > > > > If you don't have the appropriate braze-ons you'll have to use p- > > > > clamps, and I'd still probably trade the VO for the Mark's Rack. > > > > Why? In what way is Mark's Rack superior to the VO rack assuming a > > > P-clamp installation? > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
