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>

Quoted message said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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.

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.

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]>

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.

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]>

Quoted message said:

Rick Onanian 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).

On Wed, 05 May 2004 23:08:45 -0500, A Muzi <[email hidden]>

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.

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.

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.

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

Quoted message said:

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]>

Quoted message said:

Rick Onanian 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.

cambriabike.comminoura dual bottle cageOpen ↗
holder.htm

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