Yeup. Leaving it as it is. But ... On my simple one I did cut the rack and use a spare allen thing. That also seems just fine. I did't have any trouble with running out of threads. I do have a few washers as spacers on the front side (on both bikes) which gives a bit more clearance for the tektro 720 straddle wire Hanger. Spacing it out seemed like the obvious thing to do, and since then I think I saw that suggested in a blug or reader or something. I see no reason doing it that way is any better mechanically, but I also don't see why it would be worse?
Could you expound on how using a allen nut might be mechanically inferior to a big washer and hex nut? thnks Ted On Oct 11, 10:12 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Punchline at the front. Leave it the way it is now. > > Justification for the punchline: > > It's true that SOME recessed allen nuts on brakes have a wide flange on the > head. In particular, in my experience, the ones that are used on a carbon > fork often have a wide flange head. Ones like that I am certain would not > recess into the recessed part of your Bombadil fork crown. > > The other part that you would have run into with any recessed allen nut is > that the BOLT part of your front rack is far too long to use any recessed > allen nut. The bolt part must not stick out from the crown if a recessed > allen nut is going to work. With any Nitto front rack that would mean you'd > have to at least cut the bolt part short and potentially even have to thread > that rod down a few more mm. Or you'd have to come up with a stack of > spacers on the front side. All that is far too much work for a setup that > is mechanically no better, and could actually be worse. -- 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-bunch@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.
