Mounting to the fork crown is an interesting idea. The slots are set a bit wider than the fork though, so you may have to do some bending to get that to work. Don't write off the stock mounting plate, it's sturdy and very easy to set up.
Here's my 650 Clem with P&S rack carrying about 15lbs of kibble. <http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/dancethehempenjig/5E03C345-D7C5-4103-8CD2-126B1C01CFB1_zps1sx4xolz.jpg> Great rack, ridden thousands of miles with it before getting the Clem. A little bit of shimmy at downhill speed but I usually ride the brakes with a load as I'm afraid of hitting a bump and losing a 12 pack. I generally don't ride with front panniers as I find too much weight up front to makes handling feel like I'm riding a cart pulled by a team of oxen, but I have thrown on a pair when I had no rack load and appreciate the option. You won't be disappointed, these are so much better than a Cetma rack, and I say that having owned one prior to the P&S On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 11:22:31 AM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: > > Thanks for all that replied. My Clem has cantilever brakes (built it up > from a frameset) so there shouldn't be any interference mounting to center > hole. Looks like I could use the mounting slots to use a couple struts and > utilize the top fork mounts. I'll try the rack mount as it is first of > course. > I'll be making my own bags, panniers and a low profile porteur bag of some > sort. I'll have time to figure that out. I also added a rear Tubus Vega > rack, so Clem will be able to haul quite a bit once the front rack arrives. > David > Chicago > > On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 10:08:40 AM UTC-6, Matthew J wrote: >> >> Got here too late. Very happy with my Pass Stow. >>> >>> >> n.b.: While the Freight Bag Dan mentions above looks nice, my experience >> with the company is very bad. I paid for one on line. Bag never showed. >> All my e-mails were for naught. I guess I could have sued, but being out >> of state makes pressing a small claims case throwing good money after bad. >> >> The Swift Pelican I ultimately got works well. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
