I feel like the dropout connections are not what they should be, very little surface area connection/friction between fork and rack legs. I'd prefer to mount it to the fork eyelets but the holes in the rack legs are designed for a bolt-on axle. Seeking advice, do I just get some washers from the hardware store and fit them into the recessed portion of the dropout or do I cut the flange on the rack legs a bit and drill a new hole to mount on the eyelets (would prefer not to do this)?
Not to mention it's scratching paint off my fork ðŸ˜
by cj18724
5 Comments
Adding washers to take up the gap so the rack stays aren’t rubbing on the drop out tabs is totally a good option. Any other method would take heavy modifications.
On a separate note, I don’t mean to roast you. Just curious. Is the bike a bit small for you? Wondering if you’re going for a mini vélo look.
PS Love the swept back bars
What the hell is this? You can’t attach like this. You need mounting spots on your fork, or they make the kind that can mount onto canti brakes… or maybe you can get some kind of clamps to make this work.
This shit looks like you’ll lose a wheel and fuck your face up… please remove and try again.
Your dropouts have retaining tabs/ “lawyer lips”. Either file them off or get perfect size washers to fill the gap (axel washer will work).
+1 on the frame is way too small for you.
Why not just get some washers so that you can mount it to the fork eyelet? You just need the outer diameter to be bigger than the hole in the rack stay and the inner diameter to fit an M5. You could even stack a couple washers together to make it work.
from the pictures it actually looks like this is…. fine.
that is, it looks like the rack stays are flush against the dropouts, which is the important thing. another commenter mentions lawyer lips, but i don’t see those.
do i love it? not really. not when there are rack eyelets right there going to waste. but do i think this is dangerous? also not really. again, looks like everything is flush.
if i were bored i would drill a hole for an M5 in the flat/crimped part and cut off the excess.