[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-27 Thread William
Make more stronger! :) On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:55:34 AM UTC-8, Earl Grey wrote: > > Chris, thanks for the photo. Actually I meant the opposite: Attaching both > struts to the outside of the rack, but one to the outside of the fork, and > the other to the inside of the fork. But your

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-27 Thread Earl Grey
Chris, thanks for the photo. Actually I meant the opposite: Attaching both struts to the outside of the rack, but one to the outside of the fork, and the other to the inside of the fork. But your solution seems equally interesting. The photo strangely looks like all the struts are straight, but

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-26 Thread Christopher Chen
You mean like this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumachrome/8506365178/in/photostream I think it's actually quite neat, and it makes for more triangles. I like more triangles, and all I had were the offset struts. You'll see they're back-to-back against each other, so one is biased towards the

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-25 Thread William
Post pictures. I bought a pair of long straight ones on Saturday before the S24O because I'm going to do the four strut setup on a Betty. On Monday, February 25, 2013 8:17:29 AM UTC-8, Earl Grey wrote: > > Well, > > I am still up, and Mark got in early to WHQ, so Rivendell is putting a > cou

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-25 Thread Earl Grey
Well, I am still up, and Mark got in early to WHQ, so Rivendell is putting a couple of previously cut straight struts into my order (thanks!) along with the bent ones I ordered before I started rethinking all this. I won't get them for a month or so (Thailand), but will report back on straight

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-25 Thread Earl Grey
Shoji, thanks for the link to the previous discussion. I did search the group before posting (honest!) but poor keyword choice, I guess. Interesting that the inside mount option didn't come up, though. The problem with trying it both ways is that that requires straight struts for the outside

[RBW] Re: 4 struts on a Mark's rack on a Betty

2013-02-25 Thread Shoji Takahashi
Hi Gernot, There was an earlier discussion on alternative installs for Mark's Rack (including your question on struts to dropout eyelets): https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/5waTg7bA4co/discussion I'd just try it out either way. Attaching both struts to the outside eyelet (like