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Old 02-26-10 | 07:14 AM
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CornyBum
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Hey, ripegorilla, I have that exact rack! I ran into problems making it fit too. The customer reviews talk about it being an affordable yet capable carrying rack that will likely need some improvisation to fit a bike. I was frustrated but managed to solve the problem by learning from the helpful pictures posted by other customers. Check out the ninth picture: this is how I got the rack to fit. The rack comes with two different pieces for attaching to the seat stays. One piece is the one shown in the original picture fixed to the rest of the rack. The other piece is the one floating next to it, unattached to the rest of the rack. As the ninth picture shows, you can join those two pieces together to attach the rack across a longer distance. Unfortunately, unless you further improvise with other hardware, this means that you need to have a fender hole to screw in the rack's mounting piece. I hoped to not resort to this, but the result has been ok so far. You'll need to purchase additional nuts and bolts to make this happen. I recommend figuring out the types and sizes you need and spending very little money at a hardware store to solve your problem. I also recommend that you use split lock washers in conjunction with the included lock nuts for additional strength. Your bike shop or hardware store of choice will probably be able to help you lots with this, especially if you bring in the bike and rack to illustrate. I hope it works out well for you.
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