I don't know about the subtleties of long chainstay racks. I do know the Racktime Fold It is good fitted to the rear of my New Albion Privateer and is steady with two full Ortlieb grocery panniers. Well made, highly adjustable, priced right:
http://www.amazon.com/Racktime-bike-rack-Foldit-fix/dp/B009GIFDVI On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 8:40:28 AM UTC-8, Patrick D Kelly wrote: > > I've pre-ordered a Joe Appaloosa and am trying to decide on a rear rack. > There is of course the Nitto Big Rear Rack Longboy Longstay ( > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r31r.htm) but I'm fishing for > experiences/opinions about other options, and/or experience with Riv's > racks on their extra-long chainstay bikes (cheviot, clem, clementine, etc). > I'm guessing that an advantage of long chainstays would be to have panniers > weight more between the axles rather than behind the rear axle. Most rear > rack designs try to shift the load further back to avoid heel strike, but > I'd guess that's not much of a problem on these bikes. :) > > Thoughts, experience, opinions, alternatives? > > thanks > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
