Are you changing the radius of the fender? Why? I'm not familiar with the VO rack and fender install - but it seems that the radius should be offset from your tire so you have an equal space all the way around. To get the daruma to fit the fender (I'm assuming the under the fork, the bolt thingy?) I made a small indent in the fender with a nylon hammer and block of wood (these were Honjos). If and when I ever drill my fender for my Riv front rack I will simply add a spacer between rack and fender (a bit of round aluminum stock with a hole drilled in it) - space length designed to keep the reveal between fender and tire equal all the way around.
-Mike On Dec 24, 10:06 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm slowly working on my project. Jan Heine, in Bicycle Quarterly, > recommends that, to bend the fender to fit on the fork crown daruma, > just pull up on the front of the fender and push down on the back. > That sounds simple enough, but it's the type of thing where I expect > Murphy's law to come into play. > > Before I go bending my aluminum fenders, does Jan's advice work? > > I'm planning to a) drill the mounting holes in the Velo Orange rack. > b) mount the fender to the rack > c) bend the fender so it's flush with the tang. > d) mark and drill the fender to match the hole in the rack tang > e) mount the rack and fender > f) bend the back of the fender back down to the proper radius. > g) finish mounting the back of the fender. > > I hope that algorithm works, and I don't end up with an oddly bent > fender. > > My other approach would be to use the L-bracket to mount the fender to > the brake boss, and use the fork crown daruma for the rack only. > > I also finally took the plunge and ordered a Schmidt hub from Peter, > and I have an Edelux headlight already on the way from SJS. > > I've been wanting to do this for years. I thought I better should > before the economy went all the way down the toilet. > > I keep telling people I'm not worried about the economy. We all have > sleeping bags, and we all have bicycles in this family. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
