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I remembered this morning the one issue I have had with the Platrack in the
real world; no product is perfect I guess. I have the Platrack mounted on
my 56cm Surly LHT with 26" wheels. On occasion, when lifting the bike, the
front wheel will flop/turn and the rack will strike the downtube. The more
weight on the rack, the faster the wheel will turn and the harder the rack
strikes the downtube. In the photo below, you can see where it took a
chunk out of the powdercoating near the downtube shifter boss. (Fortunately
the bike is black and it doesn't show too much. However, on a nicely
painted Rivendell, it would be a bummer.) I have now learned to be more
careful and this has not happened more than a few times. Also, a Kleen
Kanteen in my bottle cage sticks up high enough that it stops the platrack
from striking the frame should the wheel flop when I am lifting it.
Safe cycling,
Erl
PS: I know you have a moratorium on buying bike luggage, but I love the
Slickersack on the Platrack! Its only downside, as Hugh mentioned, is the
snaps do not hold well.
On Monday, October 21, 2013 10:48:11 AM UTC-4, Minh wrote:
>
> Thanks all for the feedback, follow-up question. I was planning on
> putting the med wald basket back on the platrack, but looking at Jays
> pictures, i'd lose the ability to really pile stuff on there, anyone come
> up with a happy medium between the flexibility that Jay shows in his pics
> versus the risk/danger that Tom highlights with not running some kind of
> platform on top?
>
> Slickersack is out for me as i have a moratorium on new bike luggage ;)
>
> Tom unrelated question, it looks like you were able to get a Gino mount
> attached to the lower arms of a Nitto Mini Front Rack, what hardware did
> you use to secure it?
>
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