The wine cork/Mark's Rack/Honjo combo works great - it killed the fender sway I had on rough road, as well. Here's a photo:
http://picasaweb.google.com/stonehog/BrianSHilsenInSeattle#5378440675727766706 Brian On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM, robert peterson <robertpeterso...@yahoo.com>wrote: > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%252bunsubscr...@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<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.
