Scot, Sorry I'm late with this, but I'm always running a couple weeks behind reading the forum. I bought the last of Renaissance Bicycles' Sam Hillbornes, a 56cm double TT, in late Dec. 2010. I was able to fit a Nitto Big Rack without P-clamps using the middle hole at the bottom of the rack and a 6mm washer/spacer at each of the 4 contact points. (I don't recall if I got them from Rivendell or Loose Screws.) I also used longer-than-usual bolts at these points. I positioned the front lower rack stay connections inside the rack at the bottom rack hole. Maybe I just lucked out with my 56cm sized frame, since I'm maxed out at the lower part of the top slotted brace. (See photos) I took some photos and posted them to my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/sets/72157632804323827/ Paul in wintery Midlothian, VA, but headed to SoCal soon for some overnighters with bro-in-law, Ian! Nitto Big Front Rack fitting issue Scot Brooks <scothinck...@gmail.com> Feb 13 11:33AM -0800
I finally got a lovely Nitto R34 yesterday. I noticed the placement of the top attachment point is a little weird when mounting to the Sam's fork; it doesn't really come close to the eyelets so I have to use the p-clamps instead. However, I've seen photos from Renaissance Bicycles on Flickr that show a Sam with the same rack perfectly fitted to the eyelets. I guess it's a minor point, but the Nitto stuff usually seems so perfectly suited to the Riv stuff and this seems just a little sloppy. Shoji Takahashi <shoji.takaha...@gmail.com> Feb 13 12:06PM -0800 And here's a pic from Renaissance Bicycles of that Sam+Big Front Rack http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/images/rivendell/pratiks_touring_sam_hillborne/hillborne-nitto-racks.jpg Maybe a pic of yours, Scot? Did Riv move the placement of the mid-fork attachment? Is this is sidepull vs canti difference or maybe 650b vs 700 difference? BTW: the Bombadil on the Riv install video (http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r5.htm) has mid-fork brazeons, but Mark's installing the rack with p-clamps. -- 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.
