I think this is all a good reminder that you have to check your stuff every now ant then. Safety warnings and weight limits are just words on a page. There are things on our bikes that are worth inspecting every now and then, just for general wear and tear, where a large amount of wear and tear could lead to a failure mode that represents a minor annoyance, all the way up to potential grave injury. Front racks are one of those things, but there's other things too. Bolts can come loose sometimes. Even if your rack is bolted to your frame or fork with 4 distinct mount points, one or two loose bolts can teach you real quick about rapid unscheduled dismounts.
-Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > there are actually no modifications to the mark's rack. They just use the > rear rod bolts for mounting stays to the fork crowns. Same thing I did > with Tubus LM-1 clamps on my CX frame. I did a little hand-waving > engineering, or really, hand-wriggle testing - as expected, the M18 on > diving board, long front stays and fender mount is not terribly rigid, and > the component primarily loaded is the diving board. My marks rack mounted > with four short stays is rock solid. > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
