Thank you for the input and image Bill. I've thought about fabricating something similar and agree with the statement regarding p-clamp use although it does the trick in a pinch.
Will follow with a conclusion if some sort. Vern in San Francisco On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 9:38:08 AM UTC-7 Bill Schairer wrote: > Vern, > > I had some steel flat stock maybe 1/2" by 1/8". I cut two pieces maybe > 1.5" in length and drilled holes at the ends. Because the BG racks have > the long mounting slot that allow for lots of adjustment, the measurements > did not need to be terribly precise. I rounded off the corners and > painted. I've done this on two bikes now with very satisfactory results. > The Atlantis has done two one week trips on GDMBR and one two month (~300 > miles of gravel) trip to Alaska all heavily loaded with this arrangement > with zero issues. They are rock solid. P clamps and U bolts are > aesthetically unpleasing to me but probably perfectly adequate.[image: > IMG_1618.JPG] > [image: Screenshot 2023-04-26 at 9.27.17 AM.png] > This was fresh gravel. We also encountered rough stuff and I never had > any problems. I think I used nylon lock nuts on the lower bolts. > > Bill S > San Diego > > > On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8:17:00 PM UTC-7 plumber...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> [image: thumbnail_IMG_9772.jpg] >> TLC due will follow up with another image shortly. >> >> Bill in SD I have the same BG rack set and am wondering if you have a >> close up shot of front mounting points? >> >> My fork only had lower eyelets so maybe I need to use p-clamps to secure >> upper mounts to the fork... >> >> Vern in San Francisco >> On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 2:18:30 PM UTC-7 Bill Schairer wrote: >> >>> [image: IMG_1615.jpeg] >>> Bill S >>> San Diego >>> >>> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 9:43:17 PM UTC-7 Luke Hendrickson wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I support that idea dude >>>> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 4:50:17 PM UTC-7 larson....@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Looks great! I have thought about an Atlantis set up with knobby tires >>>>> and a bullmoose bar as my mtb. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 2:00:41 PM UTC-5 Luke Hendrickson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Imma revive this thread with my dream Riv. I’ve since added dust caps >>>>>> to the crankset, but otherwise this is as it appears now (well, I also >>>>>> changed the cassette but whatever). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/3005fb9a-a872-491e-a27c-aba1ed1b4d57n%40googlegroups.com.
