It's called cold setting. :) Keep the bolt through the crown locked in place, undo the P-clamps, and then massage the rack into the right shape with your bare manly hands. If you are gentle, it should be fine. They actually bend with surprisingly little force. I just did it to my Nitto M-12 to fit on my new rSogn, which has ridiculous tire clearance and thus more than the usual distance between canti-brake brazeons and fork-crown hole.
Gernot On Aug 27, 5:48 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The struts are welded to the top, and they are tubular stainless > steel: how can I bend them without either breaking them off or > crimping them? > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am glad so many people like your bike as is, Patrick, so I don't > > have to feel so bad saying this: :) > > > I like it too, but since you have the front rack on P-clamps, why not > > move them lower and bend the rack stays a bit so you can get the rack > > level? I don't mind the look of bikes without fenders (see my Sam: > >http://tinyurl.com/3epfv47;though it has been sporting fenders for > > the last 16 months or so) but a largish frame with skinny 26" tires > > would to my mind look better with fenders, just because it makes the > > wheels look more in proportion with the frame. Of course I am not > > advocating putting on fenders just for aesthetic reasons. If it don't > > rain where you ride, and no one waters the road, neither, why bother? > > > Gernot > > > On Aug 26, 8:55 am, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> I'm actually starting to like fenderless bikes. I took the fenders off my > >> Bleriot recently and really like the way it looks. Your bike looks > >> fantastic. > > > -- > > 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. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com > > A billion stars go spinning through the night > Blazing high above your head; > But in you is the Presence that will be > When all the stars are dead. > (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
