More crazy Quest modifications - right
I added foam wedges on the Quest's hull flange so that the spraydeck is pushed upwards as much as possible when it's stowed.
Until now, I had two choices: push it as far forwards into the nose as possible to hold it solidly, but then my toes rubbed on it and my knees fouled the Velcro tabs while pedalling; or I could pull it as far back as possible to clear my toes without the thing falling off the flange, and while still held in place by the Velcro tabs. It was never quite right, and I've already worn scuff marks on the thing from 900 miles of my toes rubbing half the time. With the wedges in place, all the rubbing has stopped.
I cut them from four 2"x6" triangles of neoprene foam (originally the unused first seat cover from my HPVelo Speedmachine), hot glued together in pairs. They're held in place with Velcro in case I needed to fine tune the position, but I measured and tested, and got it spot on at my first attempt.
Original DSC_7370
More crazy Quest modifications - right
I added foam wedges on the Quest's hull flange so that the spraydeck is pushed upwards as much as possible when it's stowed.
Until now, I had two choices: push it as far forwards into the nose as possible to hold it solidly, but then my toes rubbed on it and my knees fouled the Velcro tabs while pedalling; or I could pull it as far back as possible to clear my toes without the thing falling off the flange, and while still held in place by the Velcro tabs. It was never quite right, and I've already worn scuff marks on the thing from 900 miles of my toes rubbing half the time. With the wedges in place, all the rubbing has stopped.
I cut them from four 2"x6" triangles of neoprene foam (originally the unused first seat cover from my HPVelo Speedmachine), hot glued together in pairs. They're held in place with Velcro in case I needed to fine tune the position, but I measured and tested, and got it spot on at my first attempt.
Original DSC_7370