You already know what my opinion will be but I love to hear the sound of my own voice so I'll say it anyway! 🙃
I think your new plan is the way and the basket on the back looks fine. I wouldn't worry about overloading the basket/bags..Platys aren't built for full-on touring loads but you've got a lot of triangulation back there with the mid-stays, I think you'll be fine. Just try to remember when you're e in the store that you brought the bike, not a van! 🤣 On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 4:39:08 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Piaw has a point. It could come to that! (A trailer.) I went out and did a > mock-up of how my bike would look with a rear basket. Not as nice, but > there would be no wheel flop and I’d lose the weight of that heavy rack… > > Sent from my iPhone[image: image0.jpeg] > > On Oct 8, 2022, at 7:18 PM, Piaw Na <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the "weight doesn't matter" statement only applies to say, the 3 > pound difference between my Roadini and my custom Ti touring bike. Nobody > would say that when comparing my Roadini and my triplet (65 pounds empty, > 320+ pounds loaded with myself, 2 kids, a 2 panniers for a 3 week tour). > Having said that, even on the triplet I shave every ounce I can because it > matters when you're at your limit and you're climbing a mountain in 100F. > If I were Leah, I would get a trailer that I could easily mount/remove for > when I needed to carry a lot of stuff. I have had a Yakima single-wheeled > trailer for 20+ years (out of production now but a similar one can be found > here: > https://www.mayacycle.com/bike-trailer-products/maya-cycle-bike-trailer). > It easily detaches so when you have no load your bike rides like a normal > bike (no wheel flop, etc), and then when you attach it you get a trailer! > Even better, with the trailer there are ways of maneuvering it so that the > trailer acts as a kickstand. > > > > On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 12:37:28 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> And now..a rant: >> >> This topic brings up a rather glaring fallacy with the "weight doesn't >> matter" ethos, you have to lift the darn thing sometimes. Every time I see >> someone toss a 17 lbs. road bike up on a roof rack like a feather I sigh a >> little. I love fully loaded steel bikes for the stuff they can do, but they >> can be a struggle to live with if you have to get them off the ground >> regularly. >> >> Joe "oh good..stairs" Bernard >> >> On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 11:35:41 AM UTC-7 Robert Tilley wrote: >> >>> I have that rack on my Hubbuhubbuh tandem. The rest of the bike is heavy >>> enough that I don’t even notice the rack weight. I like the functionality >>> of the rack so the weight doesn’t bother me much. >>> >>> Robert Tilley >>> San Diego, CA >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 7, 2022, at 2:00 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>> jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi friends, >>> >>> >>> Can we just talk about the Nitto Basket Rack for one sec? >>> >>> I was so excited when this was made and I got one soon after. I have it >>> on my Overkill Shopping Platypus, and I like the way it looks and its >>> utility but it is SO HEAVY. Noticeably heavy. Like, when I lift the >>> unloaded bike onto my van bike rack I struggle - and I’m no wimp. This >>> Platy outweighs my rear-racked and Backabike’d Clem, and I think the Basket >>> Rack is mostly to blame. >>> >>> I’m toying with the idea of removing it, but then I’d have to get a new >>> setup for my dyno headlight, so I hesitate. >>> >>> I don’t think I’ve heard anyone else complain about the weight of the >>> Basket Rack; I feel like I’m the only one, which makes me suspect I’m >>> wrong. Before I do anything drastic, I just wanted to see if this has been >>> anyone else’s experience. Is the Basket Rack a beast? Has anyone else tried >>> it and disliked it? >>> >>> I know there’s a whole discussion out there about carrying weight on the >>> front. I guess I’ve never had a real issue with it, aside from not liking >>> that the bars swing around when parked. I’m not really talking about THAT; >>> I’m wondering if anyone else finds this Nitto rack unnecessarily heavy. Not >>> that I’m going for lightweight, here. 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