Mark Leuck wrote:
> I'm looking at getting an Optima tailbox, anyone know how exactly it mounts to a Baron?
With profuse quantites of swearing. I've seen a couple of different systems.
Both have a bolt each side at the lower forward extremity of the t/f, which is attached to the front
region of the seat, and an aluminium bracket which bolts to the upper part of the seat back and the
"fin" portion of the t/f. At the rear, there's either a U-shaped Thing which bolts to the rear part
of the fin and the mudguard eyes, or a couple of little right-angle brackets which connect the
mudguard eyes and the bottom of the t/f. I had the latter, but the carbon t/f is rather thin, and
was starting to split around the bolt holes, so I improvised my own version of the other method,
using the U-Thing from a Blackburn low rider rack, a P-clip and some pieces of scrap fibreglass.
Whichever system you use, it requires patience and at least two people...
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