Thanks for the advice. The fork is built super-tough, for serious off- roading. I live in Thailand and don't have a drill press, and this is my junker, ahem, I mean trusty old stead. If I ruin the fork, I can finally go and replace this 20 year old frame with a Kogswell P/R, so I am not too worried. :)
But I am debating whether to take the fork with me on my next trip, and maybe have it re-raked for a bit less trail, at which point I guess I could ask the frame builder to drill out the crown, and maybe add Riv-style mid fork braze-ons for a Mini front rack... No sure how much money I want to throw at this bike, though... Gernot On May 25, 11:29 am, jlvota <jlv...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > I just measured the fork on my 58cm Bianchi San Jose that I have > installed a m-12 on, and the measurement that you took was only 10cm > on my bike. I recall having to slightly bend the rack when first put > it on to get it to mount level, so I'm not sure if it would work on > your bike or not (but I would bet that if you did get it to fit, you > are going to have to wrestle with it for a while). > > Since your bike also does not have a hole on both sides of the fork > crown, I would personally go a different route; maybe there is just > something in me that cringes at the thought of taking a drill to a > bike. Something like the Old Man Mountain Sherpa may be best for a > bike that has a fork geometry similar to a mountain bike; it does not > require a hole in the fork crown, and it seems to be very adjustable. > > If you are going to drill out the crown, I would strongly recommend > taking the fork off and using a drill press. It is going to be much > easier to drill the hole using the fender mount as a guide to bring > the bit through the front using a press. > > Hopefully this helps, keep us updated as to what route you take; I am > curious to see how it works out either way. > > On May 24, 10:52 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I have a Hillborne with a Nitto Mini front rack, and would like to > > install a Nitto M-12 front rack on my Fisher monstercross (700C). The > > fork has gobs of clearance, and I have been told that these racks > > don't fit all forks, depending on the distance between the fork crown > > hole and the canti bosses. The distance on my fork from center of > > canti boss to center of fork crown hole (measured diagonally) is 11cm. > > Can anyone tell me if that is going to work? (Here is a > > photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/4439615305/in/photostream/) > > > Also, note that the crown is only drilled in the back to accept a > > fender mounting bolt. Any advice on drilling out the fork crown? I am > > planning to use a drill bit that just fits through the fender mounting > > hole to drill a pilot hole through the front part of the fork crown, > > and then use the correct size (8mm?) to widen the hole in the front > > and back of the crown. > > > Thanks, > > > Gernot > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
