Mike - there is a way: http://wp.me/p1kJzU-35
Brian Hanson Seattle,WA On May 5, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's great! I wish my Hilsen had mid fork braze-ons. I was thinking > this morning that maybe next year I'll get the Hilsen repainted and > some braze-ons like that added. > > --mike > > On May 5, 11:14 am, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: >> I had mounted this Platrack on another bike for a while, and had to cut the >> struts, so when it came time to put it on my Bombadil, the struts were too >> short to reach the dropouts. Someone else had posted something about >> bending the struts to reach the fork eyelets that are used for the >> Mini/Marks rack, but since the Bombadil has those nifty mid-fork mounts, I >> thought I'd give it a try. Good news is: no strut bending required! I did >> have to tweak the mount on the rack itself by a mere couple degrees just to >> make it line up perfectly, (using a crescent wrench - kind of like the old >> trick to toe-in brake pads on cheap calipers) but I could have simply left >> it as is and tightened the bolts to bring it all into alignment. >> >> Bottom line is it works great, and frees up the dropout for whatever other >> junk I'll bolt on someday. And it looks good. And it's lighter. ; ) >> >> *http://tinyurl.com/7qpxysf* >> * >> * >> Marty >> >> p.s. Waiting for the Marathon Supremes to show up this week, hence the >> naked MA40s. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
