![]() Yet only time will tell whether it can withstand the worst of all: a life full of load-cycles well below any threshold.ĭetail: silver brazed, mitered connection of the stay to the plateau. But destructive testing involving a hammer at full swing showed, that tubes will bend before a joint fails, and a summer of loaded cyclotouring didn't bring out any weak points. And without a proper torch - I silver brazed the carefully mitered (and pinned!) tubes together with a MAPP gas canister.ĭetail: tab for cantilever boss attachment. ![]() Without a proper bender, the somewhat weak diameter turns out to be an advantage with all the tight bends. The rack and decaleur back from Nickel plating. Lacking supply of proper tubing, I went with 6mm x 1mm steel tubing of surprising quality which accidentally appeared at the local home improvement store between batches of awful material. Chapman, I ultimately decided to attempt building my own for our tandem, and borrowed design elements from the latter two.Ĭonstructeur style front rack for the Peugeot TM8 tandem. After contemplating solutions by famous builders as Rene Herse, Alex Singer, Jo Routens, J.-P. ![]() A french cyclotouring bike would not be complete without a custom front rack / porte-paquet and decaleur. ![]()
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