On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:41 AM, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > on 7/4/11 6:21 PM, Joe Bernard at [email protected] wrote: > > After ogling Geoff's new Hunqapillar for a while, I went over to Rivbike to > do some more ogling, and discovered an odd detail: The forks are threaded on > top of the crown so you can mount a rear rack on the front. Um..why? Is > there a benefit to doing this over mounting a nice front Nitto I'm not aware > of? > > Joe Bernard > Fairfield, CA > > I think the top o' the crown mounts are just another option on a bicycle > that has just about the largest number of options... > > There are a number of custom rack makers who use the crown top mount, in > addition to the rear-to-front benefit. For wider racks and bigger front > loads, I would reckon that two points of anchor is better than one. >
A non-riv bike in my house has these mounts. I will only mention that fork vibrations can impact those bolts and work them loose over time. So crank them down and/or locktite/beeswax them to keep them from loosening up and allowing moisture intrusion it your fork crown. otherwise they are conveniently located and make sense to me. -sv -- 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.
