somewhere on youtube is a video of Mark at riv bending them with a hammer and vise, you do not need to heat them, just do it like you mean it. The vise holds them at the same time and orientation for a syncronised bend. Call riv and talk to mark or one of the guys for moral support, they may even have a bent and cut set to solve this, as they sell the bike rack and model of brakes.
Rob On Aug 7, 5:43 am, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 7, 7:17 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Garth, > > > Without pictures I may be visualizing this incorrectly...but, (as > > Robert pointed out) can you bend the lower stays in a manner similar > > to the mini-front rack to allow the cantilevers to open wider? > > > Part of the fun & frustration of assembling a unique bicycle is making > > everything work together. If it were easy, everyone would do it! > > > Angus > > Yes ..... it's like a jigsaw puzzle! > > I though of bending the struts, but at room temperature I don't think > they are that bendable. If they were heated however ..... I bet they'd > bend to shape easily. I have zero experience with a torch though, and > the struts would need to be longer than they are. If I get longer > ones ,I may as well mount them mid low on the those braze-ons. > > I do ponder an open question though , if Mark's rack was not intended > for canti's, why does the Bombadil have the threaded holes on top of > the fork for it? These work perfectly for that rack. I guess the > answer is it works with *some* cantilevers, but not the super wide > ones like Frogglegs or CR720. The vintage wide BR-MC70 I have on there > now in the front fits fine because the triangle sticks out higher than > on the CR720, as seen > here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/11316...@n04/4860392084/ > ..... The BR-MC70 was taken from another bike to fit he Bombadil, as > my Plan 1 was to use XC Pro canti's, but their low profile had meager > stopping power on this frame due to it's large clearances, the yoke > angles were poor. The rear brake is a well used Shimano BR-MT62 I > found on ebay , as the BR-MC70 didn't work there as it binded on the > canti post. These were meant to be temporary brakes until I could find > some new ones.... but they may need to stay permanently. -- 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.
