When I got my racks and the al fenders for my bike I spent a good week messing with it before I got it to run quiet. Then after a few months there suddenly came a rattle. It was one of the screws coming loose. All the screws got a dose of Loctite after that. No problems for several hundred miles since. Those babies are solid. It was all worth it. Of course I have canti's on my SH so no problems there. VO Constructeur on the back and Nitto Campy up front.
Don't forget the thread locker! http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutralbuoyancy/5551209249/in/set-72157607896493013 On Oct 13, 11:49 pm, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, last time I was at RBW I bought a Mark's rack for my AHH. After getting > it home I decided that it didn't go well with my VO Constructeur rack on the > rear, and didn't solve my problem with the Al fenders moving from side to > side and rubbing on the tire during climbs, so I ordered a VO Constructeur > front rack and decided to put the Mark's rack on my touring bike. > > Tonight I started with the VO rack... what a pain in the rear! The welded > on tang that connects to the fender daruma didn't allow my sidepull brakes > to open enough to clear the 33.3 JB tires... so I had to refashion it... > bending it (without breaking the weld!) was a slow and painful process... I > finally found a shape that worked, but man, that took longer than I'd > expected to do the whole rack. Cutting everything and drilling the al > fenders was a bit hairy, as I'm always afraid of misdrilling the fender and > having an unsightly hole! I managed to drill the hole, but the screw didn't > go all of the way in... I put a washer in between the fender and the rack to > take up the extra space, but it rubbed on the tire... ugh... dremel out to > grind the screw shorter, and I'm on my way again.... I FINALLY managed to > get it on! It looks sharp, and the fender is much more solid now, but what > a PITA! After that was done I installed my new grid gray mudflaps, and > relocated my light from the mid-fork braze-on to the rack, and it looks > really sharp... Pictures will follow... probably tomorrow... > > As for the Mark's rack... I had it on my Trek 520 in about 5 minutes, no > cutting... and that includes disconnecting and reconnecting some of the > screws for the lowrider rack that was already there... they're slick racks, > if only I wasn't so vain with the AHH. :-) Now I need to buy one of those > wald baskets to zip tie to the Mark's rack for throwing jackets and stuff > into this winter! -- 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.
