I have a Rawlands demi- porteur rack on the way for my Sam with centerpulls. I was assured by Rawlands that the rack will work with a spacer washer to clear the headset...we'll see. They also said the Rawlands is good for 22LBS. Jon
On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:02:14 AM UTC-7, Jon BALER wrote: > It's interesting that Rawland and Soma both introduce an aluminum, demi > porteur rack around the same time. Since the Salsa minimalist rack went > out of production, it seems this has been missing in the marketplace for a > while. (and the minimalist rack was a long rack, not so much a wide > porteur rack) > > I'm surprised Soma went with welded struts. Replaceable struts allow > longer struts for reaching lower mounts commonly found on touring and > commuting bikes. My ideal rack design would be adjustable at both mounting > points. > > I just received the Rawland demi porteur rack, and tried to install it on > my Rosco. I was able to add a spacer to get it to clear the headset, but > there is no way to add a spacer to clear the brake cable housing barrel. > The rack will be going on my salsa mariachi instead. > > > > On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 12:59:56 PM UTC-5, Patrick Shea wrote: >> >> I think I'd prefer a bolt tab on the strut as opposed to a nice looking >> weld. It is a good looking rack, tho, and I'm going to Pedel Revolution to >> check one out. >> >> Patrick >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:01 AM arthur <rthrst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Here's another one to consider: a new mass production variation on the >>> Cyclefab/Haulin' Colin front rack: the SOMA demi-porteur: >>> http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/demi-porteur-rack. I have one: >>> it's aluminium, but nicely made. No light mount, but (in my opinion) there >>> are lots of ways around that. Claims to support 10kg. Ideal size for a >>> basket. >>> >>> Art >>> Tacoma >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
