Greasyhands
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Hi, im currently looking for a vintage blackburn mtn rack(in white) for my retro build bike which is running on 700c tyres. Kindly share with me any avenues if you know where I can get hold of it. Cheers!
Vintage blackburn rear rack
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2manyoranges
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Oh these were lovely. Blackburn made great racks at that time. BIG welds and decent size alloy. I only have one left, and thats’ a front rack on my daughter’s bike. Sorry about posting when I don’t have what you want, but I just felt I had to say ‘Good Choice’!
Oh these were lovely. Blackburn made great racks at that time. BIG welds and decent size alloy. I only have one left, and thats’ a front rack on my daughter’s bike. Sorry about posting when I don’t have what you want, but I just felt I had to say ‘Good Choice’!
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Greasyhands
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Hehe thank you!
And yes that's the one! Not sure if it'll fit 700c tyres tho
Hehe thank you!
And yes that's the one! Not sure if it'll fit 700c tyres tho
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It depends where your lugs are - that sounds like a personal question but of course I am referring to the holes in your dropouts. If I recall, the stays on the mountain rack were quite long, and often tilted the rack up a bit at the back. That suggests that you could get it onto a 700c frame as long as the lugs are mounted in a reasonably high position on the dropout. And that guy on eBay has kindly provided a photo with a tape measure giving the clearance - which is 13 inches. So you can measure up and know for sure. Hurrah.
It depends where your lugs are - that sounds like a personal question but of course I am referring to the holes in your dropouts. If I recall, the stays on the mountain rack were quite long, and often tilted the rack up a bit at the back. That suggests that you could get it onto a 700c frame as long as the lugs are mounted in a reasonably high position on the dropout. And that guy on eBay has kindly provided a photo with a tape measure giving the clearance - which is 13 inches. So you can measure up and know for sure. Hurrah.
Greasyhands
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Thank you for your inputs man! Really appreciate it. Yes 13" can fit my 700c!
Thank you for your inputs man! Really appreciate it. Yes 13" can fit my 700c!
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excellent!
