[RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-09-29 Thread Cecily Walker
I'm interested in putting a front rack (to be used under a Wald basket) on the front of my Betty Foy. While I love the Nitto racks, I don't have Nitto money. Can anyone recommend a nice looking, functional front rack that won't add too much bulk/weight to the front end? I'm eyeballing the Velo

[RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-09-30 Thread EGNolan
A hack saw & drill will make quick work of the stays on a wald basket. The shop should be able to do this for far less than a Nitto rack. Even if the go down to the dropout, they can be made to pu the basket low & level... http://m.flickr.com/photos/ericgnolan/9686372143/lightbox/ -- You receiv

[RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-10-01 Thread Larry H
Let me know if you need p clamps. I have many spares available. -- 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.co

Re: [RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 09/29/2013 06:23 PM, Cecily Walker wrote: I'm interested in putting a front rack (to be used under a Wald basket) on the front of my Betty Foy. While I love the Nitto racks, I don't have Nitto money. Can anyone recommend a nice looking, functional front rack that won't add too much bulk/wei

Re: [RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-09-29 Thread Dan McNamara
A Mark's Rack M-1 (or the M-18) is really the way to go for your purpose on a Betty. Maybe there is one out there used for you? Not sure that the struts on the VO Randonneur rack will hit the Betty fork braze-ons properly. The distance VO suggests is 3.75 inches below the fork crown and I measu

Re: [RBW] Non-Nitto Front Rack Recommendations

2013-09-29 Thread Christopher Chen
I have a surplus Mark's rack that could be yours... On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Cecily Walker wrote: > I'm interested in putting a front rack (to be used under a Wald basket) on > the front of my Betty Foy. While I love the Nitto racks, I don't have Nitto > money. Can anyone recommend a ni