Need help modifying rear pannier rack to fit SS!!!
Hey everyone, so im working on a small peugeot SS project for kicks. Basically a bar bike, but also for random rides through town with the wife.
A friend of mine also hooked be up with a free rear luggage / pannier rack. but, it doesn't fit. I could just put the rack on my schwinn Mt Bike but, thats no fun. i want something like this on the SS for trips downtown, or to the farmers market http://www.rei.com/zoom/cc/d5969a56-...1c5b08.jpg/440 here is the problem. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/...1b51aa72_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/...a280dfc2_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/...a0898707_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/...19f2a7cf_b.jpg i am totally open to modifying the rack itself, but not the bike. the bike has brazons on the low end, but not up top. just realized too, i need to hook up the brake still too. crap. any ideas? any cheap racks out there like this one that i could use fuss free? like 20 bucks cheap? thanks Jim |
Some hardware store "p clamps" should fix ya up for about a dollar.
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would i need t cut the arms shorter for the new p clamps though? the arms are way too long, if i tipped it back to fit, i would look ridiculous, almost 30 degrees backward downslope right?
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i think i just may cut the arm down, grind two slides of each flat to fit into new p clamps, new paint and call it good, just gotta make sure the brake will fit still.
before shortening. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/...995c7ce9_b.jpg |
It is strange that a rack would even be made without adjustable 'arms'. Wow.
But yes, I would cut down the arms and use P clamps. Or some sort of clamp. You'll need to drill holes in the arms to use P clamps, I believe. There must be some other sort of clamp which would not require you to do that. |
that rack was made for mountain bikes.
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yeah it was made for mt bikes. just trying to get away with it. :) I was going to put it on my Ducati but that got a lot more weird looks...
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
(Post 12629956)
that rack was made for mountain bikes.
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