Tom My Atlantis build had a cozy area, too. I was using plastic fenders, and a Nitto Big Front Rack, but I was concerned about one of the cross bars on the top platform of the rack getting in the way. Turns out I lucked out and the short SKS fender didn't even get there.
danger zone <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/16054463535/> But it also was clear that the underside of my stuff in the basket wasn't going to be protected so I made a plastic piece to protect the entire underside of my basket, making up for the coverage shortcomings of my fender. Absolutely make your own solution! Bill On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 6:29:44 AM UTC-8, Tom Harrop wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just finished with a cockpit switch from drops to bosco bars on the daily > driver Bombadil: > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-U1jrIfVIa-s/VPMd72_TrlI/AAAAAAAAANc/PY0U4KyYZ-U/s1600/b1.png> > > I also switched back from v-brakes to Shimano CX70 cantis, with the tektro > fork-mounted cable hanger that we discussed here a week or two ago: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cKe9Xud-HBA/VPMeR6TyEAI/AAAAAAAAANk/VJLE9BSfUeA/s1600/b2.png> > > (The dent, I mean 'dimple' in the fender was my attempt to prevent the > housing stop on the v-brake from scraping against the fender). > > Anyway, this has moved the mini rack forward and down a bit (as expected), > but now the tab on the rack makes fender clearance a little close for > comfort: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OE8SXdHziCU/VPMemYb4lsI/AAAAAAAAANs/s2mOkhSEGRM/s1600/b3.png> > > Sorry about the shoddy photo but the Director of Bike Documentation is not > available to take photos today so I had to do them myself. You can't really > tell how close it is from that shot but when I lean on the handlebars (I > guess causing the fork to flex) the fender sometimes brushes the tyre. I > could dremel off the front of the fender behind the rack tab but I don't > have the skills to do a pretty job of it. I'm thinking, since I'm in France > and they're easy to get, the simplest thing would be just to switch to the > short version of the Berthoud fenders, but I haven't been able to google up > any images of them in combination with a mini rack or Mark's rack etc. Has > anyone tried it? Did you find the coverage adequate for stuff in the > basket/bags on the rack? Any pictures would be appreciated too of course, > as would other suggestions or comments! > > Thanks, > > Tom > -- 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.
