Wayne has excellent prices and service, judging from my one encounter with him. I mounted my last two Flys without bothering to use the steel tab; I just bent the aluminum strut in a vise. And, the strut will slide considerably into and out of its containing rack tube, so I didn't find it necessary to trim it.
How does the Luna compare to the Fly? On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM, 40_Acres <mgla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've wanted to install a narrow-profile, pannier-compatible rack like > the Tubus Fly or Luna for commuting on my AHH, but was worried about > fitment with that mono-stay. It seemed like a shame to let those seat > stay braze-ons go to waste, and bending and cutting the mono-stay to > fit was pretty intimidating. I bought a Luna from Wayne at > TheTouringStore.com (who is great, by the way), and then stared at it > for a couple of weeks. I considered bringing it to one of the local > bike shops, but then last night I just went for it. Installation > wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. The rack comes with a steel tab > that you can use to bridge the aluminum mono-stay to the rear brake > bolt. This tab comes slightly pre-bent, so it's easy to finish the > job. I clamped it in a vice by the wide end, and pounded the narrow > end to 90 degrees. Easy. I then unbolted the rear brake, removed the > last aluminum spacer (behind the thin fender mount), and replaced it > with the 90 degree tab. Then I mounted the rack to the second set > of eyelets on the rear dropouts (using the included black aluminum > spacers to avoid interfering with the fender stays), tilted the rack > level, and kind of eye-balled what how much the aluminum mono-stay > would have to be bent and cut. I took off about 4 inches with a > hacksaw, clamped resized mono-stay in the vice, and bent it. Held it > up to the rack / 90 degree tab, then clamped it in the vice again and > bent it a little more. Perfect. I sanded the edges of the cut stay, > installed it, and done. Not nearly as bad as I thought, and the whole > process took about 1 hr. I'll post pictures later. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
