Patrick Good point on rigidity.
I don't think the modern Pletscher is much more rigid, but the mounting is more rigid. The folks up there typically mount the older style rack's front to the rack mounts on the stays using a U shaped piece of steel strip going from the rack mounts and the rack being attached to the bottom of the U. This makes the front mounting much more rigid than the steel plate sandwiched between the stays method Pletscher used before. The rack's flat mounting piece in the front bolts directly to the U shaped piece oif steel strip I'll try to get a picture of the U shaped mounting the next time we get up there. Also, I think the new Pletscher racks mount directly to the rack mounts, increasing rigidity of the front mounting. . These folks use recent frames, vs older frames, and they come with rack mounts on the stays. The new frames fit the needs of these folks better than the older frames, which typically don't have rack mounts. Also, new Fuji's, Jamis's, etc come with new components which work good vs 'legacy' equipment which can be hard to find when replacement is needed. They want utility, not really 'memories'. John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Friday, November 25, 2022 at 8:42:16 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > Is the modern Pletscher better than the original model from the 1970s and > '80s? I ask because the Pletscher I installed circa 1985 on a beater city > Sprite to carry 2 Wald basket panniers was the most flexible rack I've ever > used; I recall literally being unable to ride a straight line with heavily > loaded rear baskets. Fortunately my return trip from the grocery store was > only about 1/2 mile. > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 5:05 PM 'John Hawrylak' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Here is a picture of 3 bikes haul'in the goods in the PA Dutch country on >> Sat 11/19/22. This is the back of the Goods store in East Earl PA on Rt 23 >> near Rt 322. People were out doing the Thanksgiving shopping and some >> Balck Friday shopping. >> >> The bikes are used for more utilitarian tasks up there with young, middle >> and older age riders using them for day to day tasks. >> >> The near one has a trailer with items from the Shady Maple supermarket >> (blue bag) and the gentleman riding it is just about to add a bag of items >> from Goods. >> >> The second has a Pletchser with a working Mousetrap holding a wooden >> cargo box. Note hoe the box has a nice cut out accommodating both the >> Mousetrap bend and his/her hand. >> >> The far on has a Pletchser Mousetrap holding the standard cardboard box >> with the trap deforming the box top. >> >> All 3 use kickstands. The near one is a Fuji and the other 2 are >> Jamis. Those folks must be in great shape! Great to see a Pletchser >> MouseTrap being used for what they designed it for and doing a good job. >> >> >> John Hawrylak >> Woodstown NJ >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7e206e56-121e-4c62-87f1-a6e7e9917b71n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7e206e56-121e-4c62-87f1-a6e7e9917b71n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/63a8fea7-f5fb-4a9d-865f-b2f332359d2dn%40googlegroups.com.
