Until I started getting customs made I always chose the Tubus Fly (it comes in ss and titanium as well as in black powdercoat) because (1) it is rated for 20 kg, (2) is it minimalist and very light (sub 15 grams, about the weight of the chromo Matthews custom on the RBFD), and it fits frames without chainstay braze ons (uses a bracket that bolts to the brake pivot bolt or to a bolt through the b-p-b hole in the brake bridge).
I've carried many 40 lb loads and up to ~50 lb on many Fys on flexy 531 and alum frames with no problems, tho' short shopping trips and not global tours on bad dirt roads. For that I'd choose the Tubus Cargo Evo rack, which I also once used, only for my purposes it was grossly overbuilt. Rated to 26 kg but *tested* to 40 kg -- I'll let others parse the difference. Or perhas the Cargo Classic? I think Tubus have down-rated their racks by a few kg since I last bought one. The Ultima Thule and Ne Plus Ultra and entirely Sic Itur Ad Astra rack of all of them bar none at all is the Tubus Airy that is made of shiny titanium, weighs 360 grams, and is mfr rated to 26 kg; I think the *deustche* means, "tested to 30 kg." - 26 kg | 57.3 lbs (getestet mit 30 kg*) <https://www.tubus.com/en/company#c424> $375 on everyone's favorite, vendor-squeezing, discount retail platform. If my "road bike for errands" were 700C I'd be sorely tempted, but in fact it uses 559 wheels and sports a stainless steel Fly shortened by a frame builder. On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:34 AM Stephen Durfee <chefdur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking for a rear rack for my trusty All Rounder, something that will > support panniers for some summer excursions...perhaps something like the > Shiny Rear Rack. Does anyone have an extra they would be looking to > offload? Or, suggestion for something more appropriate? > > -- > 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/32438e6c-f820-4c05-96bf-7a64a08ca92bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32438e6c-f820-4c05-96bf-7a64a08ca92bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfgvgdOOW9bS7W2XMDAudkgDNd-9zeieAhKRk0b9DajZ6mw%40mail.gmail.com.
