Thanks! I'll keep you posted. I need to bend the struts for my Nitto Top Rack. I'll probably do that first. Because of wear the braze-ons are on my Hilsen the rack sits much higher than needed.
--mike On May 7, 9:06 pm, Stonehog <[email protected]> wrote: > I got an extra set of 42cm struts just in case. Didn't need 'em. You are > welcome to them if you try it and it doesn't work out. > > Brian > > On May 7, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if something like that would work. I think I'd try it > > if I knew I could get extra struts from RBW. It doesn't appear they're > > even selling the Plat Rack anymore. Hopefully they're just out of it. > > I think it's a good design. I know there was some mention of Mark > > working on a new front rack, perhaps it'll be something along these > > lines except all in one. > > > --mike > > > On May 7, 7:45 pm, Stonehog <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mike - there is a way: http://wp.me/p1kJzU-35 > > >> Brian Hanson > >> Seattle,WA > > >> On May 5, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> That's great! I wish my Hilsen had mid fork braze-ons. I was thinking > >>> this morning that maybe next year I'll get the Hilsen repainted and > >>> some braze-ons like that added. > > >>> --mike > > >>> On May 5, 11:14 am, Marty <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I had mounted this Platrack on another bike for a while, and had to cut > >>>> the > >>>> struts, so when it came time to put it on my Bombadil, the struts were > >>>> too > >>>> short to reach the dropouts. Someone else had posted something about > >>>> bending the struts to reach the fork eyelets that are used for the > >>>> Mini/Marks rack, but since the Bombadil has those nifty mid-fork mounts, > >>>> I > >>>> thought I'd give it a try. Good news is: no strut bending required! I did > >>>> have to tweak the mount on the rack itself by a mere couple degrees just > >>>> to > >>>> make it line up perfectly, (using a crescent wrench - kind of like the > >>>> old > >>>> trick to toe-in brake pads on cheap calipers) but I could have simply > >>>> left > >>>> it as is and tightened the bolts to bring it all into alignment. > > >>>> Bottom line is it works great, and frees up the dropout for whatever > >>>> other > >>>> junk I'll bolt on someday. And it looks good. And it's lighter. ; ) > > >>>> *http://tinyurl.com/7qpxysf* > >>>> * > >>>> * > >>>> Marty > > >>>> p.s. Waiting for the Marathon Supremes to show up this week, hence the > >>>> naked MA40s. > > >>> -- > >>> 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 > > 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.
