Originally Posted by
JosephLMonti
Yes, this might be the Achilles Heel (pun intended) of the M-Wave. On the Versarack the front brackets are super long and adjustable, enabling one to put the rear brackets at the highest setting.
Hi Joseph
regarding heel strike. i think the rack works. i only get heel strike a little on one side when i put my huge chain in one pannier alone, it seems to pull all the weight down and forward. but when normally packed there is no heel strike and this is on a set of big shopping panniers that are not really cut smaller to avoid it. I think a normal pair of panniers would work on this rack. I wish I could find pics of the versarack mounted on the nova with big shopping panniers.
what size big apples are people putting on their Novas, Schwalbe Big Apple HS 338 Fatty Bicycle Tire (20x2.0, Allround Wire Beaded, Reflex)? Here is amazon
link.
the 2.0 is not too fat for the frame? i measured the front fork and it seems will fit, but the rear lower bracket does not appear to have enough room for a 2 inch.
I am thinking maybe 1.75 will fit and almost surely a 1.50 will. The Marathon Plus is 1.75 and Marathon is 1.50. both by Schwalb. click
here.