My buddy who went with VO Constructeur front and rear hung them u and is replacing with Nitto because he decided he would rather attach a rack to his mounting lugs
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:02:55 PM UTC-6, Tim Gavin wrote: > > The VO Constructeur rear rack doesn't connect to mounting bosses. It's > designed to mount directly to metal fenders, or to the brake bridge (with > an accessory mount). The brake bridge mounting doesn't look too bad to my > eye. But not as nice or sturdy as the R-14. BTW, I have an unused R-14 > you could buy; I'm going with a Campee rear rack. > > > I installed a VO Constructeur front rack on my girlfriend's Soma San > Marcos. > My ratings: > Looks: 5/5 > Ease of install: 2/5 > Function: 4/5 > > The rack has that classic French style. Polished stainless steel looks > great and is durable. > Installation was a pain. It doesn't fit the fork very well; it seems too > long and the sidepull brakes interfere with the daruma mounting, forcing > the platform too far forward. The daruma tang is too stout to bend by > hand. That's a good thing for durability, but makes it hard to fit up. > > Tim > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.b...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I looked at both of these racks to satisfy my desire for a lightweight >> rear rack to carry no more than 5-7 lbs. Basically, to support what's in >> my Carradice Barley. Contents to support brevets of 400K and longer where >> a change of clothes for cooler evening riding may be required. Perhaps a >> light jacket, tights, and all the other normal stuff I carry like 4x tubes, >> spare tire, multitool, patch kit, tire lever, tire boots and whatever food >> I want to take - 5ish clif bars or so. >> >> I need to order the saddle loops from VO because I use a Terry Liberator >> saddle without loops. I am going to pay for 2nd day shipping because I >> want to have the setup for this weekend's 400K I am doing. I was planning >> on ordering the R-14 but when I saw the Constructor it appealed to me. It >> also costs less than the R-14 and I would not have to pay 2nd day shipping >> for two vendors on opposite coasts. >> >> On the downside, the VO rack struts to connect to the mounting bosses >> that the Rivendell has near the brakes are not pretty. The Nitto struts >> are very pretty. Actually the entire Nitto rack is very pretty, and more >> visually appealing than the VO. >> >> Any opinions out there? >> >> -- >> Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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.
