I have read that Tour Divide riders found that racks inevitably failed due to fatigue or damage from crashes, so they dodge that potential failure by just lashing everything to the frame, fork, handlebar or seatpost.
Bill Stockton, CA On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 7:01:56 AM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > This is from the uninitiated. I've only seen them in photos, so no > experience at all. The question: Why? It seems like they couldn't hold much > (compared to saddle bags or panniers) without being stuffed to the point > where they would interfere with pedaling. > > The upsides I see would be that they don't increase the width of the bike > like panniers do, and maybe the weight would not affect handling as much as > a saddlebag. > > Just curious. > > > Tim "who has bikes with saddlebags, panniers, and handlebar bags" Kirch > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
