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--Eric N > On Mar 19, 2020, at 11:13 AM, 'Hetchins52' via RBW Owners Bunch > <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > First step might be to find something round (or half round) like a dowel or > even the tire itself. > You want to change the flat "wings" of the bracket to have a curvature that > will match that of the fender it will wrap around. If you use the tire, it > should be inflated firmly enough that you can press against it and the tire > will keep its shape. Put on some work gloves for this and gently press it so > that the bracket starts to become rounded. > > Once you have given it a curve that seems to fit the fender shape you can > mark where the ends of the wings need to be bent around to grab the fender > (put some tape on the bracket for the marking and remove the tape when this > is all finished). You give it a curve first so that you can more accurately > see how long the brackets span needs to be. If the bend in the wings starts > too soon, you will have made the bracket too short to fit the fender. > > Do you have either a small bench vise or an adjustable crescent wrench that > has jaws long enough to span the width of the brackets "wings?" > Or, a carpentry clamp that would let you put the bracket on the edge of a > workbench? These will allow you to evenly create a new, sharper bend where > the wings reach around and under the fender edge. > With the "L" bracket facing up, you'll want to tap the wings down using a > rubber mallet or a hammer with a small block of wood between its face and the > bracket. > > I'll see if I can take some pictures of some of this but a doggy play date is > scheduled and I'm overdue to take our beast to a neighbor's back yard! > > Best, > David Lipsky > Berkeley, CA > > >> On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:45:33 AM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> My fender parts arrived from VO. >> > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dd352cb7-7b4e-46c3-9a06-0e7a1fb4f752%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/08F7C5D0-02A0-4D33-A18C-7BA6EE4CCB24%40me.com.
