Many front racks incorporate similar features.

They serve two functions.  First, they are a handy place to strap
things.  Second, they stop things on top of the rack from falling on
to, and interefering with, the front brake.

On Apr 26, 7:53 am, happyriding <happyrid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems to me that the horse shoe shaped portion that juts upward on
> the seat stay end of the rack would just get in the way when trying to
> strap things onto the rack.  For instance, my Therm-a-Rest mattress is
> 25 inches wide.  If I strapped it onto the rack, it would protrude 10
> inches off the back.  It seems to me that if the upward jutting
> horseshoe portion wasn't there, I could slide the mattress all the way
> up against the seat stays so that less of the mattress protruded off
> the end of the rack.  Why was the rack designed that way?
>
> Has anyone toured with the Nitto Big Rack?  What did you think of it?
>
> Thanks.
>
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