William I agree with most of your points to the original poster. I've loaded my QB with the Nitto mini/basket with some pretty hefty loads and it works great. I'm a college professor, so I can relate to carrying loads of books. The one point I think you've incorrectly stated is this: The Platrack does not require mid fork braze-ons. It attaches to the Nitto mini and the drop out rack/fender eyelets. As far as I know, no QB has mid fork braze-ons. The braze-ons for QB's are higher than mid fork and are specifically placed for the Nitto mini rack. As a comparison, the Bombadil comes with mid fork braze-on's - for use with regular bike touring racks.
Dave On Jun 1, 7:43 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The mini-front is totally bomber. Do not hesitate for a second > putting 20 lbs of books on a basket on a Nitto mini front. Does your > quickbean have the mid fork braze-ons? even better if it does. Then > you can massively upgrade the capacity with a Platrack for special > occasions. What a bonanza! > > On May 31, 10:50 pm, Jim Boggs <rhizomic.upris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm looking to put a 14X9X9.5 basket on the front of my Quickbeam, and > > I'm trying to decide which Nitto rack to use to support it - either > > the mini-front or two-strut toprack. My main concern is the weight > > limit of the mini-front, as I prefer the minimalist aesthetics of it, > > but I don't wan to push it with hefty loads. > > > I'm a student and I imagine there will be a lot of bulky book loads in > > this bike's future, averaging probably 10-15 lbs. in the front basket. > > I've seen mini-fronts with the huge Wald baskets on some of the 'staff > > bike' photos on Riv's website, so that would lead me to believe that > > the mini-front has been taken to task with lots of weight. So > > basically, I think I'd prefer a mini-front for less weight/bulkiness, > > but I'm wondering if you all think it might be worth investing in some > > more structural integrity with the toprack? -- 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.
