I agree that the Mark's Rack versatility is a big plus (it can even be installed on the rear of the bike). The VO front rack certainly would work well with a bike that has the appropriate bosses on the forks. The amount of adjustabilty of the VO rack is, however, somewhat limited.
There's also an advantage to the Mark's Rack, in my opinion, since Rivendell has made bags that are specifically designed to fit that rack (e.g. Li'l Loafer, Sackville TrunkSack). Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Apr 23, 9:05 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another big part to the Marks Rack versatility is that is can be mated > to a platrack. Four Nitto front racks (two Marks, two Mini Fronts) in > my stable. One Platrack means any of those four bikes can be set up > Porteur style at the drop of a hat. That reminds me..it's getting > close to the time to pick which bike is going on the Angel Island S24O > in two weeks. > > On Apr 22, 11:03 pm, "J. Burkhalter" <burk...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey Steve, > > > I didn't mean to suggest any superiority amongst racks. I just > > prefer the versatility of the Mark's rack. I bought mine years ago > > for front use on my Ram. Since then it has served good time on an > > Atlantis, a Bleriot , a QB, and a Karate Monkey.. Front and rear. I > > don't think it's superior at anything. It's just decent to good at > > more things than most racks out there. I like that kind of value. > > > -Jay B. > > > On Apr 22, 5:22 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 16:19 -0700, J. Burkhalter wrote: > > > > > If you don't have the appropriate braze-ons you'll have to use p- > > > > clamps, and I'd still probably trade the VO for the Mark's Rack. > > > > Why? In what way is Mark's Rack superior to the VO rack assuming a > > > P-clamp installation? -- 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-bunch@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.
