Thanks, I had to stick a shoe one the pedal and measure the distance so my heel wouldn't hit the
back of the rack, so it is placed way far back. I need something to stick my commute stuff into as
well as groceries. I found out what happens when hauling 2 gallon of milk while the racks are held
on using the carabiner style keychains. They swing all over the place.
I tried using the heavy duty tie wraps and looped them around 5 times to distribute the mass. I also
used another heavy tie wrap and secured the lower basktet to the rack stay. It appears to be stabile
using 3 tie wraps. Maybe I should add a forth to just to be safe.
They sure make my hand made Rockhopper look like a beater bike with fenders and all. I still have my
other bikes to use for more sporting activities.
-Wynn
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> Groannn...I HATE those racks!! ;-) IIRC, they came with metal c-clips that allowed you to clamp
> them with a nut and bolt to the rack. The strut that went from the rear of the rack down to the
> rear dropout also had a clamp and that prevented the rack from moving into the spokes.
> Additionally, there was a little clip that allowed you to fold the rack and it would clip over the
> outside portion of the rack to keep it folded. Tie wraps are probably not a great idea if they are
> the only clamping method. You can put an awful lot of weight in there and they may break with all
> the moving around and bumps. If you want to scrounge some clamps, you can try scoring some
> reflector brackets that typically come with some aluminium racks (the touring style, a little
> better quality than the pletscher which have the reflector attachment cast into the rack). They
> are about what came with those basekets and you can probably make them work. They were more or
> less just metal straps with a hole in each end folded over. One other tip, make sure you mount
> them back far enough so they don't interfere with your heels while pedalling.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Scott..
> --
> Scott Anderson
>
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> > I received two used folding metal baskets that right now are just that. These are the ones that
> > attch to the rear of the rack. They were rusted so I painted them with a fresh coat of black.
> >
> > How are they supposed to be installed? I experimented with tie wraps to see how it might work.
> > It looks like the baskets need to be as low as possible to keep the center of gravity low. I am
> > using a Pletscher rack (from the old 10 speed) that I made hangers to fit my Mountain Bike.
> >
> > So what is the correct method to get the racks to be stabile. I noticed that my method might
> > place a corner of the rack into my spokes because they have a tendancy to swing with the load.
> > That's not good.
> >
> > Thanks.