I'm convinced- return it I will. thanks! On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 5:50:14 PM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > > The Surly 8 pack is designed specifically to work with Surly's rack > braze-ons on the sides of its fork crowns. I got mine to work with the top > mounted fork crown braze on on my Clementine, though it took some smithing > (I heated some words, then used a vise. And those strut doodad things are > kind of a pain). See here: > > > > From Surly: *These porteur style racks are designed to attach to forks > that use mid-blade and fork crown eyelets or uni-crown barrel bosses like > most Surly forks use. There is plenty of adjustability to fit a wide range > of wheels sizes while still keeping the load low and tight to your bike.* > > As you can see, with having to jerryrig it, I cannot get the rack to drop > any further. Not only the fork crown eyelets are in the wrong > spot/orientation, but the fork blade mounts are higher than a typical > midblade. Oh well, it works. And its secured. I guess yours will be okay, > but it seems with a heavy enough load the triangulation is a bit off, with > the attachment points all on the bottom and you may have issues. But I am > no engineer. > > Still, I would probably return the rack. > > On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 11:11:14 PM UTC-4, Antone Könst wrote: >> >> Kai, you know Bridget?! She's the coolest! Also, I think I saw your >> mustard Clem once at Mana, am I right? >> >> I had a feeling my rack should be lower, which also means I should >> shorten the Wald basket struts I guess, by chopping them up? >> >> Would it make sense to return my 8Pack (unwitting guy at 718 Cycles sold >> it to me with the assurance it would work on my Chev...which it doesn't >> quite but I installed just to get going with my commute again)? Maybe >> something I can also hang my panniers on, so I'm not sacrificing strength - >> the little Nitto mini racks riv sells aren't rated for enough weight and I >> only want a front or back rack on my commuter at a time. Any ideas people? >> >> René, glad you like the painting and the bike! It IS beautiful, even with >> the tape and stray chords flopping around. > >
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