This thread really cheered me up. It's comforting to learn that my personal struggles with racks and fenders are typical. Thanks, ...Roy
On Oct 14, 10:22 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 06:48 -0700, David Spranger wrote: > > Installed that same rack on my wife's Betty Foy without too much > > issue. However, I experienced the same type of frustrations as you > > when I installed a VO Randonneur rack on my Rambouillet. Looks great > > now, but it is never coming off again. I also installed this same rack > > on a VO frame for a friend. It was not as difficult, but not as easy > > as I would have expected being that it was designed with VO frames in > > mind. I think the welded on tang is just not the best way to do this. > > I have one on my Johnny Coast-built VO > Randonneurhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/97916047@N00/sets/72157606169015639/show/http://www.flickr.com/photos/97916047@N00/2669029666/in/set-721576061... > > It took several hours to install, and I learned a lot about working with > stainless steel I never knew. I had no idea ordinary hacksaws and > drills would make no impression on the stainless steel other than to > polish it, and it literally took over an hour to cut the tang and > another hour to drill it. I also had to bend, and then re-bend, the > tang. > ... -- 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.
