Reporting back: I was able to get VO Zeppelins to fit up with 41.5 (or so)
Fatty Rumpkins that measure 40 on the calipers. Clearance is not ideal, but no
rubbing at all - totally functional. With the Tektro 556s, I had to use the L
bracket instead of my usual DIY fender daruma to allow the
Thanks, Jimmy et. al. - I'm looking forward to putting it through the
paces! I'll be doing an unloaded gravel ride this week as a point of
contract to a loaded night out.
And I do plan to add the obligatory tombstone-to-bar strap as soon as I can
find on long enough.
On Tuesday, September
Ah yes, Bill advises well. What you can do for safety while you have this
rack is loop a strap from the rack to the stem and make sure it has
tension. (I use a John's Irish strap for this purpose.) Then if there is
any rack breakage, the rack won't move down and stop the wheel and cause a
crash.
Good looking out, Bill. I picked up the bike on Friday and had to throw
together a camping setup for Saturday, so there were some compromises - you
know you have good bikes friends when you can source an M-18 and a basket
in 90-minutes! That said, I would like a sturdier setup.
Let me know if
Be careful with that basket setup. The diving board on your front rack is
already sagging. Run only really light loads in that basket, unless you
invest in a sturdier front rack. That looks like a Nitto M18. Something
like a Marks Rack could be run with 2 pairs of struts and would be much
Hi Nate,
Looks great! I have a Toyo-built AHH. Clearance is 38 with fenders. (I've
never tried to max out tires w/o fenders.)
I've done light camping with AHH. For me, AHH did get squirrelly with
heavier loads that my Hunqapillar could handle without fuss.
Tailwinds,
Shoji
Arlington MA
On
Ok - a photo for some attention ;-)
On Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 12:05:41 PM UTC-4 Nathan Phipps wrote:
> Hiya. Long-time fanboy, first-time owner here.
>
> I’ve recently acquired a newer MIT A Homer Hilsen as my first Riv - very
> fun bike, and I suspect it will help me explore which
