Patrick, you have it reversed. The Vega has a 25 kg load rating and the Fly only an 18.
I had bought the Fly originally as I really like the single front attachment but returned it for the Vega as the width of the Fly is very narrow. They are both very nice racks. I got my silver ones from one of the UK on-line sites at a quite a bargain price. ~Mike~ On Nov 17, 4:20 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use the Fly, which looks very similar except that it's black and has > a single, seatstay bridge strut (and IIRC it might have a slightly > higher load rating) on two bikes and the Logo on the Fargo. Excellent > racks. I've carried 45 lb on the 12 oz Fly, and just now carried > almost 40 lb of groceries and things to Mom's. Very good racks and > very reasonable. > > Tangent: riding fixed as I do most of the time, the Fargo being my > only multispeed and coasting bike, I am a bit disconcerted and feel a > bit guilty at how easy multiple gearing makes climbing steep hills > with a big load. The F weights a good 37 lb and, adding almost 40 lb > made a total bike weight this afternoon of over 75 lb. Nonetheless, I > twiddled up the very steep (40 mph downhill on a good day if you let > it all out) 4/10 mile hill up the side of the mesa to Rio Rancho in > the 36/34 at 5.5 mph with little difficulty compared to grunting up it > in a 65" or higher gear with load -- and usually, fixed, I walk the > last 1/10 mile steepest part, unless I am feeling good or have a wild > tailwind. And this was with massively heavy, 800+ gram, 12/16 psi 65 > mm Big Apples on 800 gram, 45 mm SnoCat rims. > > I don't want to get soft! > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > thought this would be of interest to the group. I have a Nitto mini > > front on my Sam, and had a Nitto Big Back for a while, which I just > > replaced with the Vega (in silver, ordered from Germany). > > > Reasons for replacing the Nitto rear: > > > 1. My Bombadil-riding friend coveted it. ;) > > > 2. Overbuilt for my purposes. > > > 3. The front stop on the rack interfered with my saddlebag (banana > > style), and didn't allow me to carry my Manduka yoga mat > > longitudinally (I tried once, but the rear overhang was too great). > > > 4. I got the size L, but think the M would fit the 56cm Sam better > > (the L sits too far back), and all my other bikes would only fit the > > M. May get an M in the future for my Ibis tandem. Still the most > > gorgeous rack out there. Btw, the Riv site says M for up to frame size > > 54, but the drop down selector says up to 56.999. I would say the drop > > down is more accurate. Go for the bigger rack if you want it farther > > back, the small one if you want it closer to you. > > > Reasons for settling on the Vega: > > > 1. I wanted a light-weight, silver rack with a flat top that can take > > panniers on occasion. > > > First impressions (photos > > athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/5185320523/): > > > 1. Well-made rack, very complete set of bolts, etc., and great > > instructions (it's a German company, after all). > > > 2. Silver paint not nearly as jewel-like as Nitto nickel, but much > > better than I was lead to believe by statements explaining why the > > silver isn't available in the States. Time will tell how it holds up. > > > 3. Tubes much bigger in diameter than Nitto. Makes for a less elegant > > look, but should be very rigid. Tube walls are surprisingly thin. > > > 4. Distance between drop-out mounts 165mm! I don't know if they think > > that Santana tandem owners make up the bulk of their customers > > (Santanas DO have 160mm rear hubs), but that's ridiculous. The rack > > came with spacers, and a warning not to bend the stays more than 15mm. > > I sighed and installed the spacers (see photos). Actually the spacers > > match the plastic stay clips of my Berthoud fenders well, so > > aesthetically this is fine, but I assume the spacing reduces the > > actual max payload, and it just seems like poor engineering. Or > > perhaps the extra triangulation outweighs the disadvantages of the > > longer bolts? Any opinions? > > > 5. The top of the rack is quite narrow. I knew this, but was still a > > bit surprised. Not ideal for carrying 3 yoga mats sideways (I am a > > yoga teacher and bike-commute to private classes, so I need to bring > > mats for my students). > > > 6. The seatstay connector attachments don't allow much outward > > rotation. I could just barely connect to the outer brazeons on the > > seatstays. No biggy, could have bent the rack stays but was too lazy. > > > 7. The cutouts for lower pannier attachment hooks could be bigger, but > > at least they are there (the older version didn't have them). Also has > > attachments for fender stays, which is nice. > > > All in all am very pleased with the purchase. Not a Nitto, but a good > > alternative between the Nitto R14 and the Nitto Big Back. > > > Cheers, > > > Gernot > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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. 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