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Post by bendo on Nov 13, 2015 13:42:58 GMT
Aaaargh!  |
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Post by robt on Nov 13, 2015 14:14:34 GMT
Time for another pair of forks?
Or would a hole drilled through the right hand side low rider bracket plate allow you to bolt it directly onto the lamp boss instead of using the backplate? I appreciate it might throw out the lines to bolt up the top plate and the fork end mounting, but some bushes or washers might allow you to keep things neat(ish) and tidy. Life would be dull without these challenges! |
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Post by bendo on Nov 15, 2015 10:11:17 GMT
 Thanks for the tip Rob. You're absolutely right of course. Much less satisfying if it all happens easily. I had another look after leaving it for a day and unfortunately it didn't quite line up to be able to drill through the side plate on the rack. So I just bodged it up with some extra long M5 bolts.  These brackets aren't all that tight. I didn't want them to become stress risers, so there's a tiny bit of play in them. The rack's not going anywhere because it's also bolted down below, on the dropout eyelet. Rene Herse would turn in his grave at this solution, but it's mainly to get an idea on how having the entire load upfront feels to ride with for an extended period of time.   With handlebar bag. I was happy the excellently simple Jo Routens decaleur (the little t-shaped thingy: see below) worked with the position of these bars and the size of the bag in relation to the height of the head tube.  the cockpit  A productive weekend. I was so motivated (it is spring, after all) that I even sorted out all my hardware. Nerdy but so satisfying! b  |
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Post by kickstandman on Apr 11, 2016 1:57:40 GMT
www.fixfixie.com/product/origin-8-classique-cargo-hd-front-rack/I'll just put this here, here is a relatively inexpensive front rack that is suppose to carry a lot. If making a fashion statement with one's rack is what you want, you might look elsewhere. I opened this discussion on Google Chrome too and did not get any images though, I remember reading though and seeing the images at another time, Typical low-rider type racks. Maybe all the bandwidth hoopla has the website rejecting some images.
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Post by cusqueno on Apr 11, 2016 19:44:35 GMT
I used this remarkably cheap (£8.50 delivered) front rack on my wife's bike to support a large basket: www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/281875378440It fixes on the brake bosses - so wouldn't work without them - and the central mud guard (fender)/ reflector mounting point. No complaints except the steel mounting bits started to rust quite quickly. Might be worth a punt for UK members to try out a front rack. Perhaps similar ones are available in other countries. I have a tiny version of the die cast Pletscher rear rack that is designed to clamp on the front fork crown. So only fits a square crown. I'm waiting for the right bike to fit it to. |
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Post by kickstandman on Apr 12, 2016 1:46:50 GMT
I used this remarkably cheap (£8.50 delivered) front rack on my wife's bike to support a large basket: www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/281875378440It fixes on the brake bosses - so wouldn't work without them - and the central mud guard (fender)/ reflector mounting point. No complaints except the steel mounting bits started to rust quite quickly. Might be worth a punt for UK members to try out a front rack. Perhaps similar ones are available in other countries. I have a tiny version of the die cast Pletscher rear rack that is designed to clamp on the front fork crown. So only fits a square crown. I'm waiting for the right bike to fit it to. I would assert your wife's bicycle may be a hybrid or mountain bike. Well done, I honestly also obtained one of those same kinds of front racks you linked to a few years ago; it sat around until I got a hybrid bike and I installed it just last year. I do understand how they install if I have that right, on "cantilever brakes", the brake bosses. So far, those kinds of racks do not seem vintage road bike friendly. I was very bike dependent for most of the last year (long story short, my car's motor sounded real bad from last June so I said to heck with it, I don't want to make an expensive repair OR I want to fix it myself, so I rode the bike all the time until late March where I finally took the Toyota to a mechanic because I had a warranty, and guess what? It was not a serious problem, the timing chain slipped off but I've had so much bad luck with cars, I just shelved getting it repaired for a while, I figured, it was ready for the junk yard, I probably could have been driving it all this time, still, cars can be very aggravating and when the weather is better, I hope to be on the bike basically all the time) and sometimes, one does need some heavy lifting. The hybrid actually does well in that regards. Just looking at the options should the need ever arise or should some grand tour be planned. |
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Post by kickstandman on Apr 12, 2016 2:10:10 GMT
TonTon Velo has a subforum of some nice "Porteur Bikes", they are not always "elegant", sometimes they are big bulky frames with welded racks and one thread is even titled a "Boucher Bike" and that's a Butcher Bike. I once had a bike close to being a British Butcher Bike meaning able to do heavy duty carrying. Work bike almost seems to describe it, what a rich history that is for those British and a few other countries' bikes. forum.tontonvelo.com/viewforum.php?f=42forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=26535 (a Motobecane Boucher bike) |
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Post by Jem on Apr 12, 2016 15:44:21 GMT
and sometimes, one does need some heavy lifting I turned down a trailer a couple of months ago, at a very reasonable price too. I regret it now as that really would be the way to cut out the car for even more trips (to the tip, or really big food shops). |
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