No reason not to bend. I just did the strut bends on a PlatRack with no issues: http://stonehog.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/rack-mounting-variation/
Here's the Rivendell video that shows the method pretty well - pertinent bit at about a minute in: http://youtu.be/65yQS1AuAfc Have fun! Brian Seattle, WA On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:24 AM, James Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > > My front mini-rack (not a Mark's, the fork-crown-hole mount style) has a > slope to it when mounted on my Atlantis: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/46035786@N07/7122164137/in/photostream/ > > > I'm probably splitting hairs, because the picture seems to exaggerate it, > and the function is fine. But, in the constructeur spirit, I'm thinking of > making it level. > There is no reason I could not make a slight bend to the tubular CrMo > rack, correct? I actually know the answer to that; I'm wondering if anyone > has tried it on this rack? > > Thanks, > Jim W. > > > p.s. Perhaps instead I should use those top-of-the-fork-crown mounts that > I had added to the frame and put on a Mark's rack. On all the Hunqapillars, > Bombadils, and Atlantis's out there that have them, those seem to be the > least used cool Rivendell thing. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
