To provide another perspective on the Tubus clamps, I bought a set to avoid
using P-clamps and I found them to be surprisingly difficult to install, quite
clunky looking, relatively expensive (probbably heavy too for those that worry
about such things - I do not) and with the added concern of po
I have a 58 cm quickbeam that I used to have set up with suntour xc pro brakes.
In order to use a nitto M12 front rack I used the Paul rack bolts. This puts
the rack too far forward and requires a spacer on the threaded fork crown
attachment point. This outward cantilevered position paired with
Nathan, how set are you on a front rack vs. rear? You may want to consider a
light weight rear rack instead. There seems to be a large range of personal
preference, but the QB seems to have geometry that favors a rear load more than
a front load, though I’m no expert at that and haven’t tried a
Paul brakes plus their rack adapter are EXTREMELY tall compared to any normal
brakes. Like maybe two full centimeters tall. That means it can be quite
difficult to use an off the shelf non adjustable rack like the M12 or M13. My
advice would be to use Tektro CR720 brakes with and M12 or M13 rack
I'm excitedly building up a new-to-me green 60cm Quickbeam, purchased from
fellow list member Tom!
I'm planning on deploying the classic around town combo: front rack with
medium Wald basket.
This is an older frame, prior the addition of the mid-stay rack mounts. I'd
like to avoid p-clamps if
