Would think that rack would be optimized for the Bombadil. A good off- road touring rack. Where folks might want the bags higher for ground clearance.
It might also work well with my Hillborne. Actually think it's nice looking. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 28, 12:29 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Given a choice between a rack that mounted through the brakes or on > seperate bazeons, I would always opt for seperate. How will these > racks mount to bikes w/out canti breaks? It looks like a design with > limited frame options. Right now Riv is only offering the Atlantis w > canti breaks and it's rumored to be headed for a vacation. I'm baffled > by the thinking behind this rack. > > Michael > > On Jul 28, 11:47 am, William Henderson <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > It seems to have been a design goal to make the load ride higher. See > > the description of the product on the site, or just its name =). > > > Take it or leave it - Riv/Grant does not seem to be into making > > lorider racks. Anyway there are already plenty of nice ones out > > there. > > > wc. > > > On Jul 27, 5:53 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The "new" front rack looks nice but has some design problems, IMHO. > > > It sits very high on the bike, mainly because it is designed to mount > > > through the canti studs.. The picture on the web site even shows a > > > fork with rack braze-ons below the brakes. If it comes with a second > > > set of attachments, it cold be mounted a good bit lower on the fork, > > > which would work a lot better. > > > Michael > > > > On Jul 27, 6:18 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > There are pages up for two new racks on the Rivendell website. Both > > > > look interesting. > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com//#product=20-203 > > > > > and > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bags_and_racks#product=20-187 > > > > > --mike- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
