I'm just trying to make that "small indent" that you did with the hammer. Because of the rake of the fork, a non-indented fender contacts the fork crown at the front, leaving a gap at the back. Jan's initial advice -- this is in the second edition of the VBQ I believe -- is just to mount it and then to pull on the fender to create that indentation. Making that spot with a nylon hammer might result in a better job. I'll have to sit with the idea for a day or two. I'm not sure I could hammer the spot correctly. (I bought the fluted fenders. That might make the hammering more difficult). Thanks for the advice.
I better get back to playing Santa. Merry Christmas Everyone. Paul On Dec 24, 9:53 am, "littlecircles :: mike beganyi" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
