Is there a standard distance between the two braze-on fittings for lowrider racks (ie the distance from screw hole at hub and the screw hole midway up the front forks)? I bought a Halfords own brand one and it will only fit if I use the nasty U clamps that came with it. TIA Love and nuts from Rich x -- DISCLAIMER: My email box is private property.Email which appears in my inbox is mine to do what I like with. Anything which is sent to me (whether intended or not) may, if I so desire, form a legal and binding contract.
Richard Bates wrote: > Is there a standard distance between the two braze-on fittings for lowrider racks (ie the distance > from screw hole at hub and the screw hole midway up the front forks)? > > I bought a Halfords own brand one and it will only fit if I use the nasty U clamps that came > with it. > > TIA > > Love and nuts from Rich x My Blackburn Low riders also use a nasty U clamp but also IIRC bolt to the mudguard eyelet so the distance up the fork blade for the clamp is critical if not standard
Richard Bates wrote: > Is there a standard distance between the two braze-on fittings for lowrider racks (ie the distance > from screw hole at hub and the screw hole midway up the front forks)? I think so, but note there are two types of lowrider in this world, my friend, those designed for use with forks with braze-ons, and those with nasty U-clamps that accept the fact that many forks don't have the braze-ons. I don't recall seeing direct mount lowrider racks sold in any other than a standard size. Blackburns and the Bor-Yueh cheap (but fine) copies seem to be the Usual Suspects. Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:04:45 +0000, in <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch <[email protected]> wrote: >Richard Bates wrote: >> Is there a standard distance between the two braze-on >> fittings for lowrider racks (ie the distance from screw >> hole at hub and the screw hole midway up the front >> forks)? > >I think so, but note there are two types of lowrider in >this world, my friend, those designed for use with forks >with braze-ons, and those with nasty U-clamps that accept >the fact that many forks don't have the braze-ons. I don't >recall seeing direct mount lowrider racks sold in any other >than a standard size. Blackburns and the Bor-Yueh cheap >(but fine) copies seem to be the Usual Suspects. If I can't get a goodwill-gesture refund from Halfords then it looks like I'll be ading once again to the pile of Useless Crap (TM) in my shed. I recently bought some super-duper Vaude panniers and found that my current lowrider (which does bolt directly to the forks) is unsuitable as the top edge has a wide aluminium plate running horizontally, which in effect makes the upper edge non-circular. Since the vaude design requires the pannier clips to completely encircle the rack's tubing, they won't fit properly. However, there do seem to be a couple of holes drilled into this aluminium plate so I may be able to widen the holes with a file and just adjust the pannier hooks to coincide with them. Love and rixen-kaul from Rich x -- DISCLAIMER: My email box is private property.Email which appears in my inbox is mine to do what I like with. Anything which is sent to me (whether intended or not) may, if I so desire, form a legal and binding contract.
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 17:47:47 +0000, Richard Bates <[email protected]> wrote in message <[email protected]>: >If I can't get a goodwill-gesture refund from Halfords then >it looks like I'll be ading once again to the pile of >Useless Crap (TM) in my shed. Tat or tqt, though? -- Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University