So, last time I was at RBW I bought a Mark's rack for my AHH. After getting it home I decided that it didn't go well with my VO Constructeur rack on the rear, and didn't solve my problem with the Al fenders moving from side to side and rubbing on the tire during climbs, so I ordered a VO Constructeur front rack and decided to put the Mark's rack on my touring bike.
Tonight I started with the VO rack... what a pain in the rear! The welded on tang that connects to the fender daruma didn't allow my sidepull brakes to open enough to clear the 33.3 JB tires... so I had to refashion it... bending it (without breaking the weld!) was a slow and painful process... I finally found a shape that worked, but man, that took longer than I'd expected to do the whole rack. Cutting everything and drilling the al fenders was a bit hairy, as I'm always afraid of misdrilling the fender and having an unsightly hole! I managed to drill the hole, but the screw didn't go all of the way in... I put a washer in between the fender and the rack to take up the extra space, but it rubbed on the tire... ugh... dremel out to grind the screw shorter, and I'm on my way again.... I FINALLY managed to get it on! It looks sharp, and the fender is much more solid now, but what a PITA! After that was done I installed my new grid gray mudflaps, and relocated my light from the mid-fork braze-on to the rack, and it looks really sharp... Pictures will follow... probably tomorrow... As for the Mark's rack... I had it on my Trek 520 in about 5 minutes, no cutting... and that includes disconnecting and reconnecting some of the screws for the lowrider rack that was already there... they're slick racks, if only I wasn't so vain with the AHH. :-) Now I need to buy one of those wald baskets to zip tie to the Mark's rack for throwing jackets and stuff into this winter! -- 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.
