Nitto racks are nicely made (clean brazing/welds), but seem less sturdy than my Tubus Cargo and Surly Nice Racks. Also, I don't like the design of the current Nitto racks. The little triangular truss supports get in the way of pannier hooks on some panniers. And the Nitto racks are way more expensive. If I needed another heavy-duty rack, I'd buy another Surly and wouldn't likely consider the Nitto. Of course, the case could be made that the Surly rack is overkill, but given the context of this discussion, who cares about an extra pound or two? Jim
On Jun 22, 9:33 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
