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06-26-2004, 11:15 AM

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> Unless you fit full mudguards or use a rack with a solid platform :-)

Incidentally I've had good luck reviving a 20-year-old ESGE (? German) mudguard
by sawing off the trailing damaged portion, and mounting the rest OVER the brake to get
wheel clearance.

You have to reduce the length to clear the wheel in any case, unless you can
mount it exactly at right angles relative to its displacement.

Over it is the rear rack and milk crate, so upwards-flying debris is caught
in any case, but this eliminates back-of-leg spray.

Added plus : it no longer traps snow, so it no longer drops snow on the chain, and
so the freewheel no longer clogs with the produced ice (no-clog owing to the increased
wheel clearance).
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Ron Hardin
rhhardin@mindspring.com

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

06-26-2004, 11:15 AM	#49 (permalink)
Ron Hardin Posts: n/a	Re: Cargo Rack on MTB - Considerations? Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > Unless you fit full mudguards or use a rack with a solid platform :-) Incidentally I've had good luck reviving a 20-year-old ESGE (? German) mudguard by sawing off the trailing damaged portion, and mounting the rest OVER the brake to get wheel clearance. You have to reduce the length to clear the wheel in any case, unless you can mount it exactly at right angles relative to its displacement. Over it is the rear rack and milk crate, so upwards-flying debris is caught in any case, but this eliminates back-of-leg spray. Added plus : it no longer traps snow, so it no longer drops snow on the chain, and so the freewheel no longer clogs with the produced ice (no-clog owing to the increased wheel clearance). -- Ron Hardin rhhardin@mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.