Way back when, bikes rarely had more than 1 mount per dropout. We just put the rack and fenders on a longer bolt. Sometimes needed a spacer in the front so the rack support cleared the fork tubes. I think I still have a 70's Blackburn front rack that mounted to the brake bolt (in the time before recessed brake bolts) on the backside of the forks and the front dropout mounts. Put the fender stays on closest to the frame and then the rack.
Laing On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 4:31:38 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > Most of us who mucked around with those bikes 15-20 years ago used a > Mark's Rack. It worked well enough but honestly I can't recommend it, > P-clamps are a pain in the patooty and Rivs are rear-loader designs. My > preference - I know you didn't ask, just putting it out there to ponder on > - is an unsupported bar bag of some sort and rack-and-bag in the rear. As > seen here. > > Joe "in this reporter's opinion" Bernard > > On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 11:45:00 AM UTC-8 bunny...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hey all! >> >> I have a Rambouillet which has caliper brakes as I'm sure most of you >> know. >> >> I'd love to put a rando style rack on the front. It only has eyelets for >> fenders, so I know I'll need to use hose/P clamps on the fork and a >> mount at the brake bolt. >> >> Anyway, I'd like to call on the experts here to find out what is the >> favorite rack for this model. Any good front rack talk is appreciated as >> well. >> >> Cheers! >> Ben Adrian >> >> -- 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/83f0d070-0bbf-4fce-8bd3-a667e16bbf78n%40googlegroups.com.
