The Nitto 34F does not line up with the eyelets. I have one and it doesn't look good on my Appaloosa. Don't buy it. Get the 27F instead, like Bill said. I think that one lines up better.
m On Monday, March 1, 2021 at 12:02:40 PM UTC-5 Steven Sweedler wrote: > Keith, I used a Bruce Gordon low rider rack on my All Rounder (700C) and > Hunq, I would hang the rack from the mid fork point and make a short > adaptor of stainless rack strut to secure at the drop out. Because my older > BG had a blind female mount, I thought this better than the original > method. Steve > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 8:13 AM Keith Weaver <keith....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I may soon be buying a Joe Appaloosa, and I'm wondering about using it as >> a loaded touring bike. It sounds like the bike should work well for that >> purpose, but the fork's upper eyelets seem a bit problematic. >> >> I have a Surly Disc Trucker with the Tubus Duo pannier rack, it's been a >> great setup for me. It looks like the Appaloosa fork has only one set of >> upper eyelets, which are too high for the Duo rack. The only simple, >> elegant front pannier rack I've seen that would work with those upper >> eyelets is the Nitto Mark's hub area rack (with hoop). That rack is sold >> out, and I guess there was a recent batch in stock that sold out very fast. >> >> I could mount the Tubus Tara rack or similar using clamp on eyelets, but >> I'd like to avoid those clamps if at all possible. Does anyone have >> recommendations on other rack options, or a hub area rack they would sell, >> or comments that I shouldn't do this at all? >> >> Cheers, >> Keith >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAP588ZYYMnDySc_s2R8fL8FXQfZ6xUx%2Bqb%3DHfRwoBrwV63Hokg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAP588ZYYMnDySc_s2R8fL8FXQfZ6xUx%2Bqb%3DHfRwoBrwV63Hokg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6a1164a4-cbf3-4e06-999e-d2bc78d538dfn%40googlegroups.com.
