Wow. My experience with the Jack Rack is the polar opposite of the criticisms here. I got in on the Kickstarter 2-for-1 after favorable preview reviews from Path Less Pedaled and Terry Berentson, and I love the two racks I have so much that I purchased a third.
But my uses are specific and whether you like the rack will probably depend on what you're carrying and what your other options are. One of my racks is mounted on my beater 1990 Diamondback Apex MTB. This is my commuter, lock up outside the schools where I sub, all purpose bike, and the bag I usually carry is a prototype North St large-ish Carradice-style saddlebag with a shoulder strap, Easy to bungee down on the rack, easy to remove. The other bike with a Jack Rack is my fixie, and I find the rack absolutely perfect for strapping down a messenger bag or the North St. bag or whatever and carrying whatever s*** I want when I'm riding fixed. I have almost no sway with the racks, and I'm just guessing but I figure I regularly exceed the weight capacity and so far it has been a complete non-issue. I should also say that I have a real aversion to front racks that attach to the fork dropouts, as well as using P-clamps to mount anything on the fork, mostly for aesthetic reasons, but also because it's another strut to get in the way of stuff. I do have Several bikes with various Nitto front racks (M12, M18, 32F) and love those as well, but comparison with the Jack Rack is apples & oranges for me - it works great for the applications I use it for. Also, I have not (yet) mounted a Wald 137 to a Jack Rack, but I know people who have and it seems to be a great use of the rack. Mike M On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 2:25:27 PM UTC-8 Tim Whitfeld wrote: > Does anyone in the group have experience with Jack the Bike Rack? It's > appealing to easily switch a rack like this between bikes but only if it > works as advertised! > > Is a handlebar rack even necessary to support a handlebar bag (e.g., > Zeitgeist from Swift Industries or Goldback/Piccolo from BagsxBird)? Does > an unsupported bag flop around or scuff the headtube? I've only ever used a > pannier but like the idea of a more easily accessible handlebar bag. This > would be for a Sam Hillborne. Thanks, Tim > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/08e377c8-6390-488f-ad21-1545ce1acfb4n%40googlegroups.com.
