On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 25 kg is stamped into the metal on the Soma Deco racks that we've > sold, and subjectively it feels very sturdy, but far be it from me to > dispute something that's published on the internet. > > Of course, if I was regularly carrying 50+ pounds on my rack and rack > failure represented a risk I couldn't tolerate, I'd spring for a > Surly, Tubus, BG, or some other heavy-duty touring rack. The Soma rack > looks cool and is solidly built, but it's kind of a weird design for > most panniers. The lower attachment point for the panniers is pretty > high for many panniers, but there are easy workarounds. > Out of curiosity where do the nitto racks rank on your heavy-duty-ness scale? Good? Bad? middle of the road? -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
