It's rare that pre-made front racks fit universally every time since cantilever-to-crown distances can vary from bike to bike, as can canti-to-canti distance, and most of the time a little tweaking is required. I usually start with the rack legs since they are longer and you can distribute the bend over a longer span. The fork crown bolt is shorter and harder to bend.
You don't mention in what direction the adjustments have to be made. If the rack legs need to be bent downward, it may cause the rack to tilt down slightly in front. To compensate, you can add a washer between the rack leg and the canti stud (knurled tube stem locknuts work well here). If the rack is tilting up in front, you can space out the bolt at the crown. Usually, there's a bit of mixing and matching going on to get it right. Anton On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:12:56 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Anyone done this lately? I just got my rack and did a quick fit-up, > appears it will need some bending to make it work. Is there some > conventional wisdom on whether to bend at the fork crown bolt or the canti > stud arms? My gut is to bend the arms not the crown bolt but it is > possible that both will require adjustment. > > Thanks in advance! > > Tony > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
