Salsa Vaya, the Resurrection - TvH's touring stuff

Maybe knock out and braze in a single plain strut?

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Looking good!

Wtf! I was going to do a DIY jelly bean job on my frame once the mods are done! It's going to be a race to the bottom now.

Ahh! Now I have to stop slacking, goddammit

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Chocolate egg portage incoming

Looks great, are there going to be vertical support?

yup, and then the pannier rails will triangulate across that, the fork and the dropout

The flatbed is almost done!

Strut mitred before being tacked on

All brazed ready for filing

Internal cable routing on the strut that also holds the light, that’s super!

Awesome. You're going all out with this one aren't ya

This is great.

Well when you have access to an award winning framebuilder...

@ElGato yup, Gav's a smart cookie

Good stuff going on here! How is the rack mounted to the frame, nuts brazed in the tubing?

The original mid-blade bosses, and the crown (which he seems to have modified somehow). The extra bosses are for the pannier rails, and are spaced for bottle cages also

Do you know if the frame is the right size yet ;-)

I realised my question is not clear, I ment what's the hardware on the rack? In the small perpendicual tubing on the struts and on the piece of rack that's mounted to the fork crown?

Not sure, can you circle which bits you mean?

Edit - sorry, I see now. On the struts, just cap-head bolts. Not sure on the crown! Presumably another bolt threaded in from the back

I'll alter myself to fit it, will be easier

Nice detail on using the existing brackets on the wald to fasten it to the rack

So good. Rack envy!

There comes a point in a forumenger's life when they tire of zip ties