PR: Proprietary Items Craven rack dimensions and drawings

[TouringGodet]

Or just weld a little blob for the clamps to rest upon, on the inside of the lifting handle to be less conspicuous, that was my idea.

 

[dave1949]

Or just weld a little blob for the clamps to rest upon, on the inside of the lifting handle to be less conspicuous, that was my idea.

Yes, I thought of that too, but the clamps aren't pretty and I think that brackets would be a more elegant solution.

 

[craig]

How does the "Top Case" release from the Craven rack quickly to allow you carry the box off?
Just as this person is carrying a Fairline top case??
Special fasteners?
Thank you
Craig

 

[craig]

found another reference , but no details.
I request pictures of this Craven top case quick detach mechanism please.

 

[TouringGodet]

My rack has the rectangle sides with the loop at the bottom. Here is the rack fitted on the Shadow. It's a late C Shadow that came with the long nut on the hinge, instead of a tommy bar, so clearance is not so much of an issue. Yes, the rack is a little chueco from side to side. The third picture, looking down from above, I think the camera does not preserve the perspective.

I had to make the arms that go below the seat. Wes Stoll fabricated all of the fasteners and alloy spacers. All 4 pivot locations on the top of the rack have bushings, plus bushings where the kinked arms join the clamps.

The flat steel plates where the 4 pivot points are, the plates are 9" apart.

I don't have any hard cases to mount to the rack, I use soft saddle bags and usually bungee a duffle bag on top when we need to carry a lot.

Here is the same rack fitted on my Comet, also with a nut on the hinge, this time a non-standard nut, still a little crooked from side to side.

 

[Albervin]

I took the rear arms of to reposition the bend to front.
Yes they now clear the "T" FT156AS hinge nut, however the rack is still vey close to Tnut.
I lowered the rack by pulling out the supplied, previous owner, 1/8" x 1½ extensions, so now the bottom of the Craven V rack is just barely above seat curve bottom.
The V rack seems better supported in this lower config, but I am not as happy .....maybe I will learn to love it.
There is no bush support, at the V rack, in these forward, long arms.....so I might assume the PO has cut these off??
I have a bronze washer installed, but there is no bush as in the rear arms.
We have no literature on Craven for Vincent to refer to??
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I have reinforced the rack two ways due to breaks. First I welded a curved tube between the Vees and also welded that curve to the horizontal rack. Next I increased the welded area of the bottom bracket
where the Dzus fastener is located, taking in the full circumference of the curve. So far so good.

 

[craig]

What are the 6 holes providing (3 each side) shown below?
I see these same six holes in most Craven racks and , I think, they must be associated with the top box fastening.

 

[bmetcalf]

Maybe some new info here: http://velobanjogent.blogspot.com/s...00+10:00&max-results=20&start=6&by-date=false

 

[TouringGodet]

Interesting, the V rack shown fitted to a Vincent has the dogleg pointing to the front, and also the short leg at the bottom, not the top.

 

[craig]