Joe, I use a small piece of metal at the bottom attachment spot, according to Bruce my rack is an old one that used an attachment style that didn't work well for me, you had to thread a bolt from the inside of the threaded eyelet of the fork into a threaded cyclinder, I had this break once while touring and it was a pain to repair, I happened to be visiting a friend who was well connected at a local shop, we had to drill out the broken bolt and use an easy out. I would include a picture but rack and bike is packed, leaving for a trip on Wednesdsay. This piece I use allows me to have about an 1-1 1/2" of flexibility in where the low rider sits. Its 8 1/4" from the front eyelet to the mid fork. Its a 2000 All Rounder for 700C. I put together a Trek 930 with a LHT fork for this upcoming ride. I had to use rack struts for the mid fork, I will send you pictures once I get on the road, I thought the AR was too nice for packing into a box, and I prefer to tour on 26 x 2.0, this bike has Big Apples that are 56 wide. Have you sold all of the BG racks ? I was very impressed that you were able to put that together. Steve
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 5:31 PM Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steven! > > So your All Rounder has a midfork properly located for BG lowrider? > That's rad - I didn't know that Riv did this (maybe only the early > years?)… can you confirm if it's the Gordon-spec of 7.5" (190cm) > distance between eyelets high and low? > > =- Joe Bunik > Walnut Creek, CA > > On 1/12/18, Steven Sweedler <sweed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John, this is my All Rounder (700C) with a Nitto 32 F and a Bruce Gordon > > lowrider. The handlebar bag is an Ortlieb with the Klick fix bracket > > attached to the tombstone of the Nitto. The strut of the Nitto and the > top > > of the BG use the same mid rack braze on. Works very well. Steve > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:59 PM John G. <jpgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hey folks, > >> > >> I'm looking for recommendations for a front rack that will let me use > >> lowrider panniers AND a handlebar bag. I'm sure the Nitto Big Front Rack > >> works, but has anyone used something else and loved it? > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > -- > > Steven Sweedler > > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- Steven Sweedler Plymouth, New Hampshire -- 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.
