Yes, when I got my Mark's Rack in 2011 I didn't like the way that mounting it over the top of the brake put the rack so high up. So I pounded the tang straight, drilled a hole through it and the metal fender, put them on a fork-crown daruma, and then a nylon locknut to hold it all together. The fender is also bolted to the rack somewhere about mid-point of the rack. And then the legs are going to mid-fork braze-ons. I've ridden about 6,000 miles with it this way, including Paris-Brest-Paris and had no problems. If anything, this seems more stable than having the tang bent over the top of the brake. But obviously, you need enough clearance that you can put the tang under the brake without causing fender rub.
On Sunday, August 10, 2014 8:52:32 AM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Has anyone straightened the tang on a mark's rack and mounted it under the > crown instead of over the brake. This would put it closer to the fender > and facilitate using one of the adjustment screw holes to attach to the > front fender. How did it go? > > 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 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/d/optout.
