On 05/19/2015 01:45 PM, Minh wrote:
Hmm nylock bolt would have prevented this?On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 12:58:43 PM UTC-4, Tony DeFilippo wrote: Yes, if you loose the fork crown bolt for some reason and your rack is loaded the only place for it to go is forward/down ontothe wheel or onto the ground (depending on the strut length). Both of those have a fully enclosed hole on the fork crown tabthough. The Berthoud had a curious feature where the fork crown tab just had a 'U' to house the bolt. With that 'U' it meant that even a loose fork crown bolt and not full removal could result in the rack falling forward. Lot's of people have used that Berthoud rack w/o problems I'm sure, I did for nearly a year. If you check your hardware pre-ride and add a safety like the Riv toe strap idea I think it's probably good to go. A Canti stud rack like the M-12 seems to have less potential for something going wrong in my opinion.
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