Delta universal mega rack

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The Delta universal Mega rear rack appears to be a pretty good
solution for my shopping needs. Weight capacity of 40 pounds, and
made of Aluminum tubing so it should be stable and not rattle. Anyone
have experience with this rack?

I have one, so far so good. I like all the holes, makes it easy to tie down
unusual objects. My only complaint is that, at least in my case, the rack
wasn't quite made symmetrical. Once on I had to have someone hold the bike
while I gave it a good twist so it would clear my fender and tire. Mine may
have been a fluke though, and I expect things like that to crop up
occasionally.

C.Q.C.

On Mon, 3 May 2004 08:43:59 -0400, "Q." <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com>

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Quoted message said:

The Delta universal Mega rear rack appears to be a pretty good
solution for my shopping needs. Weight capacity of 40 pounds, and
made of Aluminum tubing so it should be stable and not rattle. Anyone
have experience with this rack?

I have one, so far so good. I like all the holes, makes it easy to tie down
unusual objects. My only complaint is that, at least in my case, the rack
wasn't quite made symmetrical. Once on I had to have someone hold the bike
while I gave it a good twist so it would clear my fender and tire. Mine may
have been a fluke though, and I expect things like that to crop up
occasionally.

C.Q.C.

Dear C.Q.C,

Rec.bicycles.bondage!

Courage!

Glad that you "like all the holes."

Once you have more experience with tying down "unusual objects," you
won't need a partner to hold them down while you give them a "good
twist" so that they will clear your "fender" and "tire" themselves
out.

Sadly, the asymmetrical racks that you mention are more common that
Playboy might lead you to believe, but you mustn't let this discourage
you--if you take a hearty interest, things will "crop up" more than
"occasionally."

Carl Fogel

Quoted message said:

The Delta universal Mega rear rack appears to be a pretty good
solution for my shopping needs. Weight capacity of 40 pounds, and
made of Aluminum tubing so it should be stable and not rattle. Anyone
have experience with this rack?

Remind me to review it for you on Thursday. I (coincidentally) just
ordered one and expect it on Wednesday.
--
Rick Onanian

On Mon, 3 May 2004 08:43:59 -0400, "Q." <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com>

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Quoted message said:

The Delta universal Mega rear rack appears to be a pretty good
solution for my shopping needs. Weight capacity of 40 pounds, and
made of Aluminum tubing so it should be stable and not rattle. Anyone
have experience with this rack?

I have one, so far so good. I like all the holes, makes it easy to tie down
unusual objects. My only complaint is that, at least in my case, the rack
wasn't quite made symmetrical. Once on I had to have someone hold the bike
while I gave it a good twist so it would clear my fender and tire.

My bike does not have fenders so the integrated fender that comes with
the rack will be appreciated. I don't intentionally ride in the rain
mind you, but the weather forecast has left my backside wet more times
than I care to recall. The lightening holes along each side of the
fender should add a bit of strength as well as supplying additional
fastening points for bungee cords.

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Mine may
have been a fluke though, and I expect things like that to crop up
occasionally.

C.Q.C.

Without the rack being installed on the bike there is little to keep
the support tubes from getting twisted out of alignment. Shipping and
storage can cause problems like that sometimes. As long as the TIG
welding is reasonably robust this should be a real strong rack.

On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:03:14 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The Delta universal Mega rear rack appears to be a pretty good
solution for my shopping needs. Weight capacity of 40 pounds, and
made of Aluminum tubing so it should be stable and not rattle. Anyone
have experience with this rack?

Remind me to review it for you on Thursday. I (coincidentally) just
ordered one and expect it on Wednesday.

I went ahead and ordered one on faith. The design looks good and I
guess black will look ok on an azure blue bike.

For the wald folding baskets I went with chrome hoping they will be
more resistant to scratches. Someone suggested velcro on each of the
four hinges to keep the baskets closed and damp vibrations when not in
use, This and the rugged tubular rack should reduce rattling.

Wald has been making these folding baskets the same way for 50 years.
I'm surprised they never tried adding any sound damping.

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For the wald folding baskets I went with chrome hoping they will be
more resistant to scratches. Someone suggested velcro on each of the
four hinges to keep the baskets closed and damp vibrations when not in
use, This and the rugged tubular rack should reduce rattling.

Wald has been making these folding baskets the same way for 50 years.
I'm surprised they never tried adding any sound damping.

The basket is under some tension when closed and often has
some sound damping cargo when open. Noise hasn't been a
complaint and we sell a lot of them.

Put a drop of oil in the clasp. That's often tight when new.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:03:14 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

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Remind me to review it for you on Thursday. I (coincidentally) just
ordered one and expect it on Wednesday.

Installed with some minor ingenuity. The brackets that are expected
to attach to alleged eyelets on the seatstays near the seat tube
attached quite nicely to the seatpost binder bolt.

The whole thing seems pretty sturdy. Mine came with a loose piece of
aluminum rattling in it, it seems to be a punch-out from a
ventilation hole...if it bothers me, I'll stick a little glue in the
hole and shake it until the piece sticks to the glue.

I've got a $8 rubber-coated-wire handlebar basket I've modified to
fit the rack perfectly; this should work nicely for exactly my
purpose -- throw my camelbak in it, and throw library books in it.
--
Rick Onanian

On Thu, 06 May 2004 20:09:27 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

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On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:03:14 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Remind me to review it for you on Thursday. I (coincidentally) just
ordered one and expect it on Wednesday.

Installed with some minor ingenuity. The brackets that are expected
to attach to alleged eyelets on the seatstays near the seat tube
attached quite nicely to the seatpost binder bolt.

The whole thing seems pretty sturdy. Mine came with a loose piece of
aluminum rattling in it, it seems to be a punch-out from a
ventilation hole...if it bothers me, I'll stick a little glue in the
hole and shake it until the piece sticks to the glue.

My rack was shipped in perfect condition with no defects. The seat
post binder bolt was 9/32" on my schwinn. You can probably buy a seat
post clamp with braze ons or use a narrower binder bolt but I was in a
hurry so just ran a 9/32" drill through the two rack mounting brackets
to make the holes a little bigger.

Quoted message said:

I've got a $8 rubber-coated-wire handlebar basket I've modified to
fit the rack perfectly; this should work nicely for exactly my
purpose -- throw my camelbak in it, and throw library books in it.

The Wald folding baskets were a lot quieter than I expected, but I am
still going to put some rubber where the wire from the baskets presses
against the rack so the contact points won't chafe through the rack
finish.

The two Walds carry four gallons of water or 96 cans of tuna (tuna
cans are a little noisy).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've got a $8 rubber-coated-wire handlebar basket I've modified to
fit the rack perfectly; this should work nicely for exactly my
purpose -- throw my camelbak in it, and throw library books in it.

Quoted message said:

The Wald folding baskets were a lot quieter than I expected, but I am

The two Walds carry four gallons of water or 96 cans of tuna (tuna
cans are a little noisy).

The basket I used is not anywhere near that big! It's 30% wider than
the rack, nearly exactly the same length, and 7 or 8 inches deep.
Two one-gallon jugs would probably sit in it, as it's wider at the
top, but I don't intend to ever carry gallon jugs. Just a camelbak
and a couple library books...

<ramble>Tuna is icky. My dad (with whom I work daily in the family
business) eats tuna for lunch every day. About a year ago, my
girlfriend determined that she likes tuna...so in addition to tuna
being icky and stinky on it's own, and not wanting to kiss her when
she's got tuna breath, her tuna breath reminds me of my dad, which
REALLY makes me not want to kiss her! Ick!</ramble>
--
Rick Onanian

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

For the wald folding baskets I went with chrome hoping they will be
more resistant to scratches. Someone suggested velcro on each of the
four hinges to keep the baskets closed and damp vibrations when not in
use, This and the rugged tubular rack should reduce rattling.
Wald has been making these folding baskets the same way for 50 years.
I'm surprised they never tried adding any sound damping.

A Muzi <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The basket is under some tension when closed and often has
some sound damping cargo when open. Noise hasn't been a
complaint and we sell a lot of them.
Put a drop of oil in the clasp. That's often tight when new.

Quoted message said:

These baskets were a lot quieter than I thought they would be closed.
I have them mounted with only the two top support brackets for now.
The third U clamp looks like it would make a better clasp to hold the
bottoms of the baskets closed than it would be for mounting to the
stay.
Some rubber inner tube and an automotive hose clamp would be easier to
use since the support stay on the delta rack is real thick aluminum
tubing.

We use a zip tie in lieu of the third clamp

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Fri, 07 May 2004 21:26:48 -0500, A Muzi <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

These baskets were a lot quieter than I thought they would be closed.
I have them mounted with only the two top support brackets for now.
The third U clamp looks like it would make a better clasp to hold the
bottoms of the baskets closed than it would be for mounting to the
stay.
Some rubber inner tube and an automotive hose clamp would be easier to
use since the support stay on the delta rack is real thick aluminum
tubing.

We use a zip tie in lieu of the third clamp

Since I am planning on carrying a lot of heavier loads I wanted to
keep the folding baskets isolated from the nice finish on the tubing
of the Delta rack.

This morning I bought two feet of 3/8" ID rubber hose and six 29/32"
hose clamps at Lowes. Cut the hose into six rubber grommets and split
them lengthwise on a hacksaw blade so they would wrap nicely around
the aluminum tubing of the rack.

Now the wire contact points on the basket are nestled snuggly in the
rubber grommets and there is no basket to finish contact.

On Thu, 06 May 2004 20:09:27 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

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On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:03:14 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Remind me to review it for you on Thursday. I (coincidentally) just
ordered one and expect it on Wednesday.

Installed with some minor ingenuity. The brackets that are expected

Thought this thread had died, eh?

Odd news on the rack: I bought a Minoura behind-saddle
water-bottle-bracket thingy, but it's clamp wouldn't work with my
saddle's silly fat CF rails. I looked, and sure enough, the rack's
stays were _perfect_ for it. I now can put two water bottles low and
far behind. I guess I'll have to mount my blinky to the cage.

http://cambriabike.com/food/minoura_dual_bottle_cage_holder.htm

If I ever want to install a makeshift fender, the bottle cages are
perfectly situated to zip-tie it on.
--
Rick Onanian