Lisa, Aside from Ray being right as usual about his explanations, I think you made an excellent choice by going with the Nitto Big Front Rack. If you have to use P-clamps, then I'd say that just for looks and versatility, this one is the winner hands down.
My Bombadil has all the braze-ons, it just seems that the Nitto Front Rack wasn't designed either with these brakes in mind, or with the braze-on position or something else I haven't quite figured out yet. For me the choice really comes down to trying to fit the Nitto rack with the P-clamps and leaving it permanently on so I can use a basket/Sackville combo but not my Acorn Rando Bag or going with the Nova as an add-on to the Nitto Mini Front Rack that allows me to both use the basket or the Rando Bag without any hassle. So far, despite how much I like the Nitto Big Front rack, I'm starting to lean more towards the Nova/Nitto Mini combo as the more versatile option. René On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Lisa --- that isn't a concern because the rack is rigid and can't collapse > onto itself. The only thong the p- clamp does is prevent the rack from > falling forward or rearward. If the bottom of the rack is attached to > eyelets, then the rack cannot slide down any further since it is a rigid > structure. > > Sent From My iPhone > > On May 11, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Lisa <ukulele.l...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi -- this is my first post to this group. I am in the process of > purchasing an Atlantis for touring and I've been watching this thread > with interest, because my Atlantis frame doesn't have mid-fork rack > eyelets. > > I've going to use the Nitto Big Front Rack instead of the Tubus Nova > because of concerns about using clamps on the Nova. The Tubus > lowrider racks all have a pivot where the horizontal bar that holds > your panniers attaches to the arc that goes over the front of the > wheel. So it seems to me that, if the other end of the pannier bar is > only clamped to the fork, the clamp may tend to slide down toward the > axle. > > I'm not the only one worried about this, see for instance this image: > http://images.erck.org/Site/Gear_AtlantisRack307X230.jpg > > Lisa > > On May 11, 5:33 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found this photo... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/22253...@n00/3868497649/in/set-721576224... > > Seems like the perfect solution! > > René > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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-bu...@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.
