I'm a brazer!! (superheroic voice), but I'm not sure how to get the waggle out of that rack with only one point of contact up top. It could be reinforced easily, but that would just make it a stronger lever when it's leveraging on your frame. What I would do is make it have some weird looking braces that steadied the rack to the seat stays. It would likely be clumsy looking, but it would certainly be stable. -Kai
On Monday, September 21, 2020 at 10:45:34 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > I'm covering my bets by asking this question on all the lists I belong to, > so I apologize to those who see it 2 or 3 times. > > Chauncey Matthews did a sterling job on the replacement and clone of my > 2003 custom 26" wheel Rivendell road bike but a lousy job on the racks. The > rear is to flexible and the fronts are too short top to bottom by about > 4-5 cm. > > Is any builder on list able and willing to work on these? I would ship > them to the person along with samples of the 2 Ortliebs I use on the racks > (I use big -- Backroller -- *or* small -- Sports Packer on the rear rack, > the small ones only on the front lowriders). The rear rack would need > reinforcement, probably adding or substituting a diagonal from rear of > platform to bolt-on point; the fronts would have to be remade, but with the > mounting points similar to the model. > > I'd rather not ship the entire bike, but this sort of work ought not to > require that. > > I would pay for powdercoating if the builder would be willing to handle > it, or I can have it done locally. > > (In case you are wondering: Chauncey was supposed to have designed the > rear for seatstay attachment, but he didn't, so the bridge mounting system > will have to remain.) > > Photos attached. > > Many thanks. > > Patrick Moore > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c580d301-24f9-4486-b60b-a2d384c7729cn%40googlegroups.com.
