I uploaded a photo album on Google Picasa, which shows some details of my Tubus Fly installation.
http://picasaweb.google.com/westernflyer108/Tubus A few notes of clarification are needed.
First, as near as I can tell the mounting bracket that goes to the brake can be mounted on either side in either direction. On the Campagnolo brakes there is a long shaft nut and a longer brake bolt was not required. I dont know about other caliper brake setups, but they are probably similar. In one photo you can see I turned the bracket bend to the front of the bike and I think you would have to have the bend facing to the rear, which is I think the more normal position. I cant remember why I set it the direction I did.
Second, you will need a bench vice or the like to bend the connecting rod from the rack to the brake bracket and perhaps the brake bracket itself. The rod is a malleable aluminum and is pretty easy to bend. I used a small length of aluminum tubing to help with the bending. Wayne at the Touring Store suggested, and I concur, using a coat hanger or other bendable wire to make a template for the bending that is needed.
Third, in the photos you will see that while I did use the adapter kit to connect the rack to rear dropouts they are not connected to the axle skewer as designed. I originally set it up that way and it worked great. (How to put this so I dont raise the ire of women members on this forum?) My wife is a very accomplished rider and certainly has no problem changing a wheel or fixing a flat, but she gets a little miffed when I make improvements to her two bicycles that add any extra hassle to her life. Having to deal with taking the axle skewer apart every time the wheel came off, taking off the panniers and if you are going to stick the bike in the back of a car trunk probably taking the entire rack off rated as extra hassle. (Taking the rack off requires a single turn with a hex head wrench.)
The fix was simple. Her bike is one of the last Bianchi lugged frames with Campy investment cast rear dropouts. This allowed me to use stainless steel T nuts, some JB weld epoxy and Bianchi Celeste touch up paint. Wayne said Blackburn used to make a triangular nut just for this purpose. With a little grinding of the dropout adapters to clear the skewer ends the wheel comes off separately from the rack (I am sure I voided the warranty on the adapters.). I would say I had about and hour or more of fiddling to make everything fit. It is more work than the Topeak quick-release seat-post rack it replaced, but it works and looks better. My wife loves it and commutes 20 miles daily with lunch and her work clothes neat and dry in the Ortlieb panniers.
I cant find my photo showing heel clearance. My wife wears 9 ½ womens shoe size, there is room to spare and you can see in one photo that there is considerable adjustment left to move the panniers back further to accommodate a larger shoe. Her bike has very short chain stays.
Price: The rack was about $90 the adapter kit was $32 and the panniers $115 I think. The Yankee dollar is not doing so well compared to the Euro so the prices have gone up a bit. I strongly recommend using The Touring Store
www.thetouringstore.com. They have good prices and great service and lots of personal assistance in selection and installation. Wayne the owner would be far more able than me to say if you can put a rack on your bike and what parts are needed.
Western Flyer
A wheel spins in a circle.
The still point at the center
gives it direction.
Be still.
"The Parents' Tao Te Ching"
