Nose down bike rack

A Sunday's Trivial Problem, By Rocket J Squirrel.

(Number 37 in a continuing series)

I just mounted a Bor Yeuh Urban Rear Rack

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=17025

on my Specialized Sirrus road bike which I've repurposed as a town bike.
This isn't a big frame or anything, the sticker says it's equivalent to a
54 cm standard geometry frame.

The nose of the rack is down.

The provided front extensions appear to be insufficiently long to allow me
to level the rack, even with the rack mounted as low as I can get it w/o
hitting the fender. The extensions are bolted to the eyelets on the seat
stays and they are adjusted to their longest position.

While it may remain a mystery to this writer why this popular rack doesn't
fit what appears to be a standard frame, I am willing to bet that solving
this problem is a wheel which has been invented a bazillion times. I don't
have access to a metal fabrication shop, so what kind of longer front
extension bits might I find at my handy Ace Hardware?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"

Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
A Sunday's Trivial Problem, By Rocket J Squirrel.

(Number 37 in a continuing series)

I just mounted a Bor Yeuh Urban Rear Rack

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=17025

on my Specialized Sirrus road bike which I've repurposed as a town bike.
This isn't a big frame or anything, the sticker says it's equivalent to
a 54 cm standard geometry frame.

The nose of the rack is down.

The provided front extensions appear to be insufficiently long to allow
me to level the rack, even with the rack mounted as low as I can get it
w/o hitting the fender. The extensions are bolted to the eyelets on the
seat stays and they are adjusted to their longest position.

While it may remain a mystery to this writer why this popular rack
doesn't fit what appears to be a standard frame, I am willing to bet
that solving this problem is a wheel which has been invented a bazillion
times. I don't have access to a metal fabrication shop, so what kind of
longer front extension bits might I find at my handy Ace Hardware?


My g-d boy, haven't you seen "http://bicycleluggageracks.com"?

Click on "Rear Racks" then in the TOC click on "Extended Seat Stay
Brackets".

The left most picture is a solution to the Bor Yueh. You don't need a
metal working shop, just a hack saw, a drill, and a file. Cover them
with heat shrink tubing to approve the appearance.

SMS wrote:

The left most picture is a solution to the Bor Yueh. You don't need a
metal working shop, just a hack saw, a drill, and a file. Cover them
with heat shrink tubing to approve the appearance.

Also, if you have a Daiso near you, they sell stainless steel brackets
with holes every cm or so, in various lengths.

It's what I used for the basket at "http://i34.tinypic.com/2zno9k9.jpg".

On 10/5/2008 10:46 AM SMS wrote:

Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
A Sunday's Trivial Problem, By Rocket J Squirrel.

(Number 37 in a continuing series)

I just mounted a Bor Yeuh Urban Rear Rack

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=17025

on my Specialized Sirrus road bike which I've repurposed as a town bike.
This isn't a big frame or anything, the sticker says it's equivalent to
a 54 cm standard geometry frame.

The nose of the rack is down.

The provided front extensions appear to be insufficiently long to allow
me to level the rack, even with the rack mounted as low as I can get it
w/o hitting the fender. The extensions are bolted to the eyelets on the
seat stays and they are adjusted to their longest position.

While it may remain a mystery to this writer why this popular rack
doesn't fit what appears to be a standard frame, I am willing to bet
that solving this problem is a wheel which has been invented a bazillion
times. I don't have access to a metal fabrication shop, so what kind of
longer front extension bits might I find at my handy Ace Hardware?


My g-d boy, haven't you seen "http://bicycleluggageracks.com"?


I-I'm sorry. I didn't know...I DIDN'T KNOW!

(Thanks)

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"