Michael, I have a Saluki with a Mark's rack and Honjos. I made a spacer out of a wine cork and used a long bolt through that sliding plate that adjusts the rack forward and back. Getting that hole in the fender just right is tricky, my fender is not perfectly lined up. It did damp out the vibration pretty well though. Best Robert
On Dec 1, 5:50 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was quite a gap on my 61 AHH with 700c tires between the rear fender > and the kickstand plate, and I was lucky that these plastic spacers I had > were just the right size; otherwise I was going to use corks and cut them to > size as many others have done. I may still do that at some point if I'm > bored, but there is so much I have to do beforehand... :-) > > Now that I'm looking at the whole setup with critical eyes, I can tell that > even though the fender is centered over the wheel, the rack is just a tiny > bit shifted to one side. I don't know if it's an asymmetry on the rack, or > that I drilled the hole on the fender slightly off-center. Only I can > tell... :-) > > I'll be checking the whole setup when I switch the Silver brakes and install > the Paul Racer brakes on Sunday when I come back from my business trip. I'll > post new photos of the whole setup. > > René > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Michael Glaser <mgla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > René, > > > Nice rig, indeed! You know, I just used the rubber washer from the > > Honjo installation kit on the kickstand plate, and the fender line > > seems fine. Maybe that's b/c it's a 700c wheel? I think there's more > > of a gap on my wife's 650B Saluki. But I assumed that I'd have to > > make some sort of spacer with both the Mark's Rack and with the > > Berthoud. > > > Michael > > > -- > > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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-bu...@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.
