If you don’t use a daruma for the front fender, having threads on the back side of the fork crown is perfect for a bolt through a fender bracket.
Or, getting a little “old school,” you could mount a tire sweeper back there. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On May 3, 2021, at 8:15 PM, Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY <kaiviers...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's certainly the case, but why? The only thing I can think that'd be good > for is a light mount, and two holes is as better for a light mount as it is > for everything else I can imagine, so I'm left wondering. > -Kai > A note for Drew, in case you do decide to drill that out, best to use a > centering punch that fits inside the threads so you can start with a smaller > drill bit and go bigger until you hit that sweet spot where you're clearing > out the threads up front and making the final pass out the back with the rack > then sliding through effortlessly. With oil of course, and a wee bit of > abandon. > > > On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 10:58:23 PM UTC-4 campyo...@me.com wrote: > A fork crown intended for use on a fork with brazed-on brake mounts (cantis > or centerpulls) might be made differently, since the hole in the crown > doesn’t need to accommodate a through bolt. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <applewebdata://BBCC5964-6D9B-4EFE-8E8F-16D733F27794> > Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy > YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy <http://youtube.com/CampyOnlyGuy> > >> On May 3, 2021, at 7:37 PM, Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY <kaivi...@gmail.com >> <applewebdata://BBCC5964-6D9B-4EFE-8E8F-16D733F27794>> wrote: >> >> ide note/ask, why do some crowns come with a threaded hole on one side? > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c8bc0503-7cd6-4f6b-a141-d712acdfa9a3n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c8bc0503-7cd6-4f6b-a141-d712acdfa9a3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/8AC8D5E9-BE9F-4237-BEE1-A48184010FE0%40me.com.
