I "have" two basket racks. Each rack is mounted on a Hubbuhubbuh. One is on mine, the other on the Cunningham tandem (basket and rack gifted by me). About the weight - I do not notice a difference. But I may not be a good judge of any difference in weight. I regularly hoist, throw around, etc. these tandems for Charlie and my wife, and pick up lots heavier stuff at the gym. And I don't use kickstands - so the bars don't swing.
My sole criteria for keeping or ditching the rack is: Do you carry heavy loads? I can recall many pictures of Manny's Bleriot with cases of beer, groceries, etc. stacked on a front rack. Not sure which rack it was - but the photos predated the Riv basket rack. I would never trust a really heavy (more than 10 or 15 pounds) load to something less stout than my basket rack. Given that you have two Platys, I am wondering why you would want to load the "heavy" on on the car rack? Why not save it for shopping and use the Pink Platy for club rides and car trips? Just my two cents. Corwin On Friday, October 7, 2022 at 4:06:44 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > This is fascinating. I’m really interested in these different experiences. > So, to those of you who liked the rack: > > 1. You didn’t notice the weight or find it objectionable? > 2. You weren’t irritated by the bars swinging when parked? > > I even have the same bike as Jared and I have such a different experience! > L > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 7, 2022, at 6:59 PM, Jared Wilson <duh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I had the basket rack on my Platypus (I think I got it from Max?) and > loved it on that frame. Recently moved the basket rack to my SimpleOne with > only praises, tho I only use a XS Sackville in the rear (would prefer a > banana sack but can't justify more bags right now). I could see a basket > rack in front and full size rack in rear being overkill for most people, > but if you're doing *only* a front rack I feel the 52F with 139 is hard > to beat in terms of utility. > > Jared in SLO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/78mAv_Gw6a0/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d4aa7b30-0909-4291-a05c-e50ceb039e14n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d4aa7b30-0909-4291-a05c-e50ceb039e14n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b9a6cc9-2409-417a-9288-15f2c4d88f21n%40googlegroups.com.
