Originally Posted by
Chris_in_Miami
I love a good rack kludge, but wouldn't the rack be able to pivot forward around the axis of the bolts on the upper end of the new strut?
I torqued the joint pretty tight, using both lock washers and aircraft nuts. A 4mm allen wrench and an 8mm crescent will ride with me until I see how it holds up.
Originally Posted by
noglider
Did you bend the rack to make this work? I think I want to do whatever you did, because most other racks are too expensive.
No racks were injured in this project. I did have to tweak the rear bracket to play nice with both the fender clearance and brake caliper. Version 1.0 had shorter struts attached to the fork at almost right angles. I went to the longer strut and shallower angle to reduce the load on the joint.
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