So this thread just popped back up to the top of the C&V pond. Which is super neato, because I've been pondering this rack the last few days, and debating where to put things about it. (As always, it's a trichotomy, with "thread necromancy," "start a new one," and "Search sucks. Deal with it." at the corners.)

And what I'm thinking is, swap the Weinmanns on the 1971 Raleigh Competition for the pair of Mafacs upthread, and add the TA rack and Tim Tas+Rek rando bag.

And the first question that leaps to mind is:

Which order to do the installation?

Brake to bike, then rack to brake, or "Strike that. Reverse it."?

Each way solves all of the problems of the other. A symmetry of suckage. What is best in racks? (H/T RiddleOfSteel.)

Thanks, and happy Whatever-Thing-You-Celebrate-At-The-End-Of-December!

--Shannon