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I've actually just had similar issue fitting mine. When i first put mine on, it was sloping down to the front - as you say, it has no sliding fork crown tab (or whatever you call it) so it's not adjustable. I ended up just bending the tab with brute force until it was more or less right. You can see where I didn't do the neatest job!
My straggler front forks have eyelets at the front of the dropouts so i could bolt the stays straight on, but i did buy some 6mm spacers just in case (m5 x 6mm spacers off eBay). I imagine that's what you'd need in order to make the stays clear the fork tubing. I ended up using one of them where it attaches to the fork crown as otherwise it didn't clear the headset.
AlexD
@tails
Evening,
I'm having trouble fitting the metro rack I bought. The blue bike photos are from the website, the green is my bike.
First the bolts that attach the legs to bottom of the fork legs are not long enough, plus I think I would need washers to make it fit without a gap. Is this normal?
Second on the videos I've seen online the attachment that attaches to the U brake normally moves to aid the fitting. The metro bikes one is welded on preventing adjustment, I think I would need to flex it to get a horizontal fit. Is this normal? It also would be touching the headset unless I shimed it with washers.
I'm okay with tools etc but much prefer riding so any advice will be gratefully received. Thanks
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