I've encountered similar issues with other Nitto front racks. They work well on many bikes, but may require clamps or other custom solutions.
I'm having a dickens of a time trying to mount a front rack for lowriders on my girlfriend's San Marcos. Obviously, this bike wasn't designed to be "front rack friendly" as much as more touring-oriented Rivs. I can appreciate the design work required to make the racks and frames pair up well! I tried to mount the Nitto Campee front, but it's too short to use the lower eyelets (it's a 26" model, so it has less clearance. I picked it up used, not knowing there are two sizes). I'm going to put on some Tubus Stay mounting clamps (#3 from Wayne at TheTouringStore <http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Fit%20Solutions/FIT%20SOLUTIONS%20PAGE.htm>) in place of the upper eyelets, and then the Tubus Alloy fork mounts (#4 from the same page) for the upper stays. I also tried to mount a Nitto Big Front rack (34F) to the SM, but the mid-fork mount points are too wide to use p-clamps. Or, the SM fork is too narrow to reach. I thought about using a Nitto stay setup like on the Campee, but the mid-rack rails are too narrow to fit the Nitto rack bolt/nut <http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/rh1-20184.htm>. So far, the Big Front doesn't fit any of my bikes, unless I feel like bending the sides in dramatically. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't have the mid fork brake ons, so I guess the answer is no. > > Late 90s custom afaik, bought used in 2005. > On Jul 8, 2014 1:07 PM, "Bill Lindsay" <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Hub Area Rack fits best on an eyelet above the fork tip and on >> mid-fork braze ons. Will it fit your bike? >> >> Most current Riv models have fork tips with double eyelets. If you buy a >> brand new A Homer Hilsen, Hunqapillar, Cheviut, Hillborne, or Atlantis, you >> are going to get double eyelet fork tips. If you buy a Roadeo or a San >> Marcos, you'll get single eyelets. >> >> I have a Hub Area Rack, have had it for a while. It was an early >> prototype that I talked them into letting me buy. For what it's worth, I >> paid a fair bit more for mine that you guys are paying now, but I share >> that as a reason for you to be happy, not as a reason for me to be sad. >> Anyhow, now that there are bags for it, I've pulled it back out. Only now >> do I realize that my old (2009) Hillborne does not have the upper eyelets >> and my old (2010) Hilsen also doesn't have them. Only my Bombadil and my >> Gunnar doublespeed has upper eyelets and mid fork braze ons. I wish I >> could snap my fingers and have upper eyelets appear on my Hilsen and my >> Hillborne so I could run this rack on those bikes as well. Oh well. >> >> Anyhow, as a workaround, it looks like it would be possible to run the >> HAR on the lower eyelets, but it might have a tilt to it. Not the end of >> the world but not ideal. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
