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Update:
Finally got round to getting the wald on my rockhopper using aforementioned bodge. I haven’t tried it out properly yet as I need to pop a new cassette on the bike first, but it feels fairly sturdy. Certainly for carrying the odd pastry/jacket/at the very most a small tent and camping stove. Feel like it’s a bit high though, and I’d need a different crown mounted plate thing to lower it.
Top plate is a placeholder until I either cut off the bent bit, replace with something similar, or just buy a canti mounted rack.
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AlexD
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buy a canti mounted rack
Yeah get the cheap one from sjs or bikester or whatever, works great for baskets.
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wald on my rockhopper
Don’t omit strapping the rack back to either the head tube or the bars in case the crown bolt comes adrift with catastrophic consequences. And put some threadlock or a nyloc on it too.
russmeyer
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I'd be interested to know the same. I used a Wald 137 basket with the agricultural clamps and wished for something more sleek.
I think it'd be ok for really light stuff, but I would want to test it with a 6-pack of beers. Unless that crown strut was rock solid, assembly would lack stiffness to resist the side-to-side forces while riding. Could get real floppy.
I can still see it working if the distance from crown to basket is small, and the strut itself is stiff. You'll gain stiffness points if the fork has a flat face around the brake bolt hole, as the strut will then be well supported against sideways wiggle.