How Were Rear Racks Mounted in the Old Days?
10-19-23, 10:39 AM
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Eight to a pack for $2.39, not actual size.
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10-20-23, 01:00 PM
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I had some p-clamps on my '70s era touring bike, and when I took them off a couple of years ago, they still looked fine. No damage to the paint. OTOH, it barely takes anything to hold up the front of a rear rack of a design like the Blackburn.
I'm not sure why I didn't get the blackburn that goes to the brake bridge. There probably was a reason.
I'm not sure why I didn't get the blackburn that goes to the brake bridge. There probably was a reason.
10-20-23, 04:49 PM
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As someone who used Pletscher racks on several bikes and installed many more using the typical method, when I happened into a cracked and warrantied Pletscher I modded it to be a stay-mount on my Cimarron instead of the traditional mount.
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10-20-23, 06:17 PM
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They had a tendency to slide down the seat stays under load. Later production included a trianular or T-shaped metal plate that would anchor at the brake mounting bolt and through which the stay clamp bolts would run, to prevent this sliding.
