I have it for a bike with no mounting points for a rack. I personally think it does a great job within it's limits. I recently took it bikepacking on my gravel bike to hold a dry bag full of light weight camping equipment and it did well. On the same trip, I overloaded it with a whole bundle of firewood and it worked with support straps lashed to my drop bars. While it worked for the 5 or so miles to the campground, it wouldn't have been ideal for an all day journey with that weight.
Like the others, as much as I like it for daily trips around town, if you plan on regularly using a rack for a decent amount of weight, I would look elsewhere. On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 10:54:37 PM UTC-8 J wrote: > I didn't like the design of the Jack so stayed away from it but I failed > at convincing a friend to do the same and they've been similarly > disappointed with the purchase as Brendonoid. > > A handlebar rack is not necessary for a front bag if you are running > caliper, linear/V or disc brakes other than to protect your headtube from > some abrasion. But Canti brake will require some kind of support to keep > the bag from putting increasing tension on the front brake cable. Your Sam > should have canti brakes so you'll need to figure that out. I've made a few > standoffs out of a foam roller for myself and a few friends that has a > passthrough for the cable to use in a pinch but I typically use a support > like the Pec Dec/Rod Steward for simplicity sake. > > On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:59:05 PM UTC-5 brendonoid wrote: > >> I have used a Jack the Bike Rack. >> Unless you NEED the convenience of being able to switch from bike to bike >> all the time, I found this rack to be so compromised as to not be worth it >> at all. >> Best case scenario it keeps the bag from rubbing on your head tube, but >> it weighs OVER 700g. For reference a Big Nitto rear rack weighs 800g, and a >> Marks front rack weighs 300g. A marks rack with a Wald 137 weighs the same >> and can carry a great deal more in a much more stable fashion. >> Weight is not important I know but it also can't actually hold any >> substantial weight itself for all that girth. With a load over 2kg that >> Jack rack is bouncing and swaying all over the place. It is a pointless >> waste of time and I still resent the purchase. >> The second kicker is that there are other products out there that keep a >> handle bar bag off your head tube. Personally I use a cord or strap >> attached from stem to fork crown. >> >> On Saturday, 7 December 2024 at 06:25:27 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/7db3b4ce-83c3-41d9-87f9-77dd823ef4den%40googlegroups.com.
