I recently bought an almost new Saluki, advertised on this site. There should have been a bidding war for this bike, but that's another question. This bike is drop dead gorgeous and I am looking forward to the end of Mud Season here in Vermont to take it out on the road. Meanwhile I have been working on a few, unfortunately, necessary changes. The stem / TT combination is too long for me and unfortunately had to be changed out from a beautiful Nitto Pearl. That went straight forward.
But the brake & rack combination has created some perplexity. The bike came with a pair of Tektro brakes, identical to the ones RIV sells, except a high polish finish; and a VO rack ( http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/racks-decaleurs/racks/pass-hunter-front-rack-with-integrated-decaleur.html ) which mounts through the canti brakes. It also has a set of VO AL fenders which are bolted to the fenders. I wanted to swap the brakes for my Neo Retros, which first required a new mounting bolt, which I obtained from Pauls. But when I mounted them on the bile I found that the rack no longer mated with the fender. Apparently the Paul bolt is beefier and longer than the VO version. As a result the rack sits about an inch or more above the fenders. This presents me with some options A: Can I bend the rack to fit? This doesn't look easy. B: Ignore the problem and the connection between the rack and front fender. C: Sell the rack and use an M12 mounted to the fork braise ons, which will probably create a different contact point on the fender. D: Abandon the Pauls brakes. Help wanted. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
