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Old 05-24-14 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
add spacers between the eyelet and the mounting point on the rack , a stack of flat washers will do , or go toa hardware store , you will find nylon ones .

or hack saw off a piece of tubing to be there right length/thickness.

of course the rack will negate some of the way a carbon fork feels as it will dampen its motion ..
Understood about the possibility of adding spacers, but I don't see how that would increase the strength of the entire setup. Maybe you're saying that the distance from the bottoms of the rack posts to the eyelets doesn't significantly increase the risk of my load breaking the attachment bolts?
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