The top dropout eyelets are M6 as well. I've been piecing mine together slowly in my office, making a list of parts to bring the next day to add during my lunch hour. M6 bolts are now on that list. Also, I just mounted a Nitto R15 rack on the front, and wasn't too happy with the result, probably because it looks exactly like I should have expected - a rear rack mounted up front. I think I'll either be going for a Haulin Colin rack or get a custom rack made to utilize the top mounts. David Chicago
On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7:21:01 AM UTC-6, Zed Martinez wrote: > > Edwin. the beefier ones are M6, I actually weird was already used to that > because my previous frame did that too. (to others reading in, the two rack > mounts immediately forwards of the drops are M6, all the other braze-ons > are M5) So, my rack stays were already drilled out for the larger bolt and > it was pretty easy for my attempt. Luckily the Lowes out here finally > started carrying stainless metric hex cap bolts, so, while the price each > was highway robbery I upgraded from the black steel ones I'd been using > previously to some nice stainless for this. I didn't have any problems with > the head tube, my Technomic can sink pretty deep into it, so, no idea how > to help you there, but I wish you best of luck sorting it out! Looking > forward to seeing pics of more builds come out. > > On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 2:29:19 AM UTC-5, Edwin W wrote: >> >> Zed, >> >> Impressive work, and so fast! I got my lil' Clem (46?) today and put a >> few hours into it. I'll get some pictures by the weekend. I messed up on a >> few things! Two steps forward, one back, and so forth. >> One thing I noticed is that some of the eyelets are m5, I think >> (standard) and some are bigger. Beefier? >> I did a lot of fussing with rack and fender placement and attachment. The >> hoods on the rear drop out are too close to the eyelets to fit the face of >> my pletscher rack, so I filed the plates down a bit. >> I have 55 fenders and 1.75 paselas and lots of room left over. >> I'll have to figure out a good way to take pictures and post them. The >> bar I had is bigger than I thought so I may have to rethink that. >> Oh, and my dirt drop stem would not go that deep into the head tube. Does >> it taper? I have an albatross set up I might use instead. >> When I ordered brakes, I only ordered half a bikes worth. No wonder they >> were so cheap! >> Learning, learning, >> >> Edwin >> >> -- 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.
