On Thursday, October 3, 2013 1:11:37 AM UTC-7, Pierre wrote: > > Got BQ in the mail today, I love the color. When you read the article, it > is mentioned that BQ machined the rack fork crown mount so that it sits > lower. Looking at the result, I can see why this may lead to increased flex. > > All I did was cut the tab at the rear shorter, drill a new hole for the fork crown mounting bolt, and shorten the stays. If anything, the shorter tabs and stays should make the rack stiffer.
I agree with Grant - the Mark's Rack is totally fine in use. Even during our test that was perhaps as harsh a test as one could devise, nothing came loose, broke or developed problems otherwise. (Regular BQ readers know that this is not a given – we've had a considerable number of failures in our tests.) My comment was only about the fact that everything else about the bike was super-high end and custom, and the rack stood out a bit in that context. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly http://www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
