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Old 05-14-05 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by velonomad
unfortunately both racks are a compromise, The delta gives you horizontal adjustment to level the rack and the jandd gives you verticle adjusment for different mounting dimensions. I helped someone with this problem on a Delta front loader rack last year by having them make a couple of aluminum tabs to reach down to the midfork braze on.
They went on tour with it and apparently had no problems
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Holes should be drilled 3/16 or 5mm diameter 23 mm apart
Thanks for the inspiration. I fabricated dropout extenders instead.

Your design didn't seem as stable to me, unless I visualized it incorrectly.
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