Thread: Advice Needed Installing Acorn on Nitto Rack
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Old 10-28-20, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Classtime
Wow. I had hoped I was putting the pieces together incorrectly or that I needed a decaleur to complete this puzzle. If it turns out I must get a taller and shorter stem, then maybe I'll also get bars with more reach and deeper drop to compensate. Or maybe this rack and bag belongs on another bike.
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Yes, my stem is both way higher, and has much shorter reach- But you may need to do some playing around with different racks/bags/stems to suit your own particular... idiom.
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