[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar, interesting fork detail

2011-07-07 Thread Montclair BobbyB
I believe these are fashioned after the porteur bikes, which used the additional attach points of the fork crown (as opposed to a single brake-bolt mount) to add strength and stability at the rack level for the typically bigger and heavier loads carried on the wider porteur racks. I have them on m

[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar, interesting fork detail

2011-07-07 Thread Bill M.
How about using a Mark's rack with four point mounting? Should be more stable than mounting to the center of the fork crown. I have one of those "other bikes" also, and hacked a four point mount for a cheap Nashbar rack that stiffened it up write a bit. Bill On Jul 4, 6:21 pm , Joe Bernard w