Thank You Will. I would have jumped in the conversation but I'm still on probation. By the time my replies get through they are no longer relevant.
Matt On Monday, February 11, 2013 10:29:15 AM UTC-8, William wrote: > > Oops! My bad. They've added a lot of Staff Bikes. My apologies. > > I had been referring to Miesha, Brian and Keven. All three of those have > a Mark's Rack and have a second set of struts going to the mid-fork braze > on. Since then I see two more Marks rack setups without any secondary > struts: Grant's Homer and Elizabeth's Hillborne. > > There still are no Mark's Racks running a second set of struts to the hub > area, though. > > Vince isn't running a Mark's rack. That Looks like an R14 to me (much > larger platform), running struts to the hub area. > Grant's Atlantis doesn't run a Mark's Rack either. That's a Mini Front, > with a Platrack, which runs struts to the hub area > Grant's Alba-Homer is running a Mark's Rack with no secondary struts at all > Mark's Quickbeam is not running a Mark's Rack. It's running a Nitto Mini > Front with a Platrack. The Platrack runs struts to the hub area > > Struts to the hub area is a common and smart way to add support to a rack. > The problem with longer struts is they are way easier to bang on something > and bend, and once bent they buckle so easily that they no longer add a ton > of support. Some list members have taken their long Platrack Struts and > cut them way down and connected them to the midfork braze-on as well, which > looks really slick. > > Once the Hub Area Rack comes out there will be several new combination > shown off, I'm sure. I'm heading to the hardware store now to look for 7mm > aluminum rod. > > Keep bolting those racks together in creative ways. > > > > > > On Monday, February 11, 2013 9:45:49 AM UTC-8, Jim M. wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM, William <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > All the Staff Bikes that have a Mark's Rack installed use two pairs of >> > struts, both running to the mid fork braze on. >> >> No, if you look at Vince's, Grant's, and Mark's QB, you'll see a hub area >> strut. >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
