Lisa: The Nitto Big Front Rack gives you a lot of options and is a wonderful rack. In my case, when torch first touched fork, the bike was already six years old, with plenty of paint abuse in evidence. You not wanting to re-paint a brand new fork is understandable. Eyelets are a nice convenience but clamps do the same job.
dougP On May 12, 2:28 pm, Lisa <ukulele.l...@mac.com> wrote: > Doug and Ray, > > I do like the two-rack solution for a fork with eyelets. But since I > don't have them, I'm going to try the Nitto Big Front rack. I'm not > ready to think about repainting the fork on a bike I haven't even > ridden yet! > > Lisa > > On May 12, 12:58 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Lisa: > > > One solution to the lack of mid fork eyelets on the Atlantis is to > > simply add them as needed. I've added standard rack hourglass eyelets > > to the front of the fork legs for the Nitto small rack, and another > > pair on the rear of the legs for the low rider rack I add for loaded > > tours. My Atlantis is 58 cm so everything has to come off to > > pack'n'ship for a remote start tour. I got sick of the Rubik's cube > > problem of installing my bolt together front rack with U-clamps. > > > One caution is to locate the eyelets for maximum versatility in case > > you may change racks. See the TouringStore.com website for detailed > > info but all racks are not alike. This is the voice of experience as > > I'm about to add another set of eyelets for my new rack. BTW, the > > paint job is history when you do this but Testors makes an almost > > perfect match for the Atlantis color. It fools most everyone except > > my fussy Riv buds. > > > dougP > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
