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What's the bees knees in rear racks these days.Tubus,Bor Yeuh,anything else
that folks can recommend.I was looking at a Tubus model ( The Logo ) http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/tubus_racks.html on which the panniers fit on a lower bar presumably making the bike more stable.Anyone any comments as they are quite a price ( £70 ). Sam Salt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 19/01/2004 |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:01:46 +0000 (UTC), Sam Salt
wrote: What's the bees knees in rear racks these days.Tubus,Bor Yeuh,anything else that folks can recommend.I was looking at a Tubus model ( The Logo ) http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/tubus_racks.html on which the panniers fit on a lower bar presumably making the bike more stable.Anyone any comments as they are quite a price ( £70 ). I have a Bor Yeuh rack on my tourer which is good but it was a bugger getting the Karrimor pannier disks on as the tube thickness was at the upper limit. Definitely worth ckecking that your existing panniers will fit easily. The other advantage I can see for the Logo rack for my panniers is that it will take the tops of the panniers below the top of the rack, that means I can fit a rack pack more easily or stick something on the rack which sticks out sideways (the Karrimor panniers rise above my rack and make this difficult.) Colin -- |
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Tubus are supposed to be the mutt's nuts, but unless you really need the
extra strength and capacity, then I for one am quite happy with Blackburn. The one on my touring bike has been doing sterling service since 1984. Avoid cheap Blackburn clones, as they are made from cheese. -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ ================================================== ========= Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ ================================================== ========= |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:11:05 -0000, Dave Larrington
wrote: Tubus are supposed to be the mutt's nuts, but unless you really need the extra strength and capacity, then I for one am quite happy with Blackburn. Hang on, are you saying I'm weedy and can't hold my beer! Avoid cheap Blackburn clones, as they are made from cheese. fx: mad professor But zis is only the start of my experiments! Hahahaha!! rl: need a coffee Colin -- |
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Dave Larrington wrote:
Avoid cheap Blackburn clones, as they are made from cheese. I quite like the bor yueh blackburn clones (as supplied with dawes bikes in the mid 90s). The back ones are better than the blackburn equivalents IMO, primarily due to having a dogleg rather than straight back strut. cheers, clive |
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Dave Larrington wrote:
Tubus are supposed to be the mutt's nuts, but unless you really need the extra strength and capacity, then I for one am quite happy with Blackburn. The one on my touring bike has been doing sterling service since 1984. Avoid cheap Blackburn clones, as they are made from cheese. My Backburn rack has been trouble free since 1990, took it across America, around New Zealand and Tasmania. over 200 days/3500 miles of loaded touring on one trip alone. -- The Reply & From email addresses are checked rarely. http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:25:17 -0000, "Clive George"
wrote: Dave Larrington wrote: Avoid cheap Blackburn clones, as they are made from cheese. I quite like the bor yueh blackburn clones (as supplied with dawes bikes in the mid 90s). The back ones are better than the blackburn equivalents IMO, primarily due to having a dogleg rather than straight back strut. cheers, clive Blackburn do the EX-2 ( it think it's called) which has dog legs. I have one. It's the dog's b*ll*cks. Bor Yueh racks IMO are nowhere near as good as Blackburn. I've seen an alloy Bor Yueh rack with broken dog legs - at the seam (bad weld, braze?). Blackburn have a lifetime guarentee. Chris ------------------------ I have no sympathy for idiots. I have every sympathy for the innocent. |
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Chris Heys wrote:
Blackburn do the EX-2 ( it think it's called) which has dog legs. I have one. It's the dog's b*ll*cks. Bor Yueh racks IMO are nowhere near as good as Blackburn. That would account for them being 3 times as expensive. If I was about to cycle across Africa I'd certainly prefer to spend the extra money, but for typical UK use a B-Y should be quite sufficient for most. And you can have two fail before you'll have paid as much as the Blackburn... Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Colin Blackburn wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:01:46 +0000 (UTC), Sam Salt wrote: What's the bees knees in rear racks these days.Tubus,Bor Yeuh,anything else that folks can recommend.I was looking at a Tubus model ( The Logo ) http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/tubus_racks.html on which the panniers fit on a lower bar presumably making the bike more stable.Anyone any comments as they are quite a price ( £70 ). I have a Bor Yeuh rack on my tourer which is good but it was a bugger getting the Karrimor pannier disks on as the tube thickness was at the upper limit. Definitely worth ckecking that your existing panniers will fit easily. The other advantage I can see for the Logo rack for my panniers is that it will take the tops of the panniers below the top of the rack, that means I can fit a rack pack more easily or stick something on the rack which sticks out sideways (the Karrimor panniers rise above my rack and make this difficult.) Colin Yes I was also thinking that about the pannier tops being lower on the Tubus Logo making a rack top bag easier to attach.I have some Ortliebs and was wondering if dropping them down the rack as the Logo does would mean the bottom fixing point was too low for the rack.Still I presume these things have been thought of. Sam Salt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 19/01/2004 |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:35:23 +0000, Peter Clinch
wrote: Chris Heys wrote: Blackburn do the EX-2 ( it think it's called) which has dog legs. I have one. It's the dog's b*ll*cks. Bor Yueh racks IMO are nowhere near as good as Blackburn. That would account for them being 3 times as expensive. If I was about to cycle across Africa I'd certainly prefer to spend the extra money, but for typical UK use a B-Y should be quite sufficient for most. And you can have two fail before you'll have paid as much as the Blackburn... Pete. Agreed, you'd probably be fine with a B-Y for medium weight UK use. I've also found Blackburn to be very solid. Plus the'yre not too expensive - I paid £22 for mine, admittedly in Edinburgh Bike Collective's Jan sale though. |
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