Doug, I have an "older" Nitto Campee rear rack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/2841844222/in/set-72157616858409913/ I believe the triangular braces were added recently. There was some material in the RR a while ago about trusses (bridges) and triangles being a good structural shape. Angus "Whos rear rack seems to work just fine without the braces" L On Aug 25, 4:57 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Of course I had to check out the Atlantis photos, and noticed > something that may be of interest to the rack conscious. Look at the > various silver rear racks. The all appear to be Nitto (quite similar > construction) BUT have subtle variations. For instance, the one on > the 6th photo down is quite simple, lacking some of the bracing of the > others. I've always thought my Nitto big rear rack looked somewhat > busy and cluttered, compared to a lot of racks. Does anyone know if > these are current Nitto racks or older versions? Maybe they weren't > good enough and Nitto added the bracing? Personally, I like the > cleaner look of the one in photo 6 compared to the one I have. > > doug "fussing about nothing" P > > On Aug 25, 1:54 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yea - all those new photos with the white background and hands holding > > up the bikes are pretty darn sharp. > > > On Aug 25, 9:01 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I noticed that the other day. The 64cm Bombadil with dual front racks > > > looks interesting and ready to conquer the Great Divide route. > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bicycle_models#product=50-640 > > > > On Aug 25, 8:10 am, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > Not sure if anyone has noticed, but it appears there are added (new) > > > > photos up for most of the bike models. Staff bikes aren't included, > > > > but I-spy'd some new ones in Bomba, Hillborne, Atlantis. > > > > > Didn't bother to check the rest. > > > > > (Just changed the title to more accurately reflect what's there. Not > > > > "new bikes" but "recently noticed bike photos"). > > > > > Eric Platt > > > > St. Paul, MN- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
