Utility Cycling - Xtracycle/Big Dummy owners, please help

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darksiderising
11-17-08, 01:36 PM
I am trying to design my own v-racks for my Xtracycle freeradical frame, and so far I have only found information regarding the freeradical frame.

I have some questions:
1) What are the lengths of all sides of the v-racks? The locations that they insert into the Freeradical are at different heights, and I don't know how to determine this.
2) What are the angles on the bends on the v-racks? The ports on the Freeradical are tilted about 7 degrees. Are the bends on the v-racks designed to negate this angle and create a surface that is level with the ground?

Thanks for your help!

EDIT: This is what I think the specs on the racks are:
-about 35 cm height on each vertical side of the tubing.
-73 cm length of the horizontal section of the tubing.
-One bend has a total angle of around 83 degrees, and the other about 97 degrees.

vik
11-17-08, 01:58 PM
I think you can find everything you need here (http://xtracycle.com/longtailtech/index.php/Main_Page).
darksiderising
11-17-08, 06:36 PM
I think you can find everything you need here (http://xtracycle.com/longtailtech/index.php/Main_Page).

I've been supplied with that site before, and up until about 30 seconds ago, I could not find anything on the specs of the v-racks. When you click "V-rack" under the "Accessories" catergory, you get taken to an editing page. I finally decided to search with the term "v-rack," on that site, and finally got what I was looking for. This has been very frustrating.