Gear Talk / Jandd Low Front Rack on Surly Disc Trucker
« on: May 09, 2019, 08:46:03 pm »For the past two years, I've had the rack installed on the mounting points on the front fork - see attachment one. This works, but the rack and center of gravity is high, making steering more challenging.
I'm trying to lower the rack to the position that was probably intended for a traditional Surly LHT - see attachment two. The problem with this is that the vertical strut on the rack interferes with the disc brake mechanism.
I can probably rotate the rack backward and modify the upper mounting point, but this would cause the rack to slope backward.
What I'd prefer doing is to insert a 1/2" to 3/4" spacer between the rack and the frame - see attachment 3. This would give me the clearance I need for the brake mechanism. I could probably use stacked washers (or maybe the nuts at valve stem) to get the required thickness.
Thoughts?
John R