Ortliebs on the Tara are rock solid. They do not bounce off. Will
On Thu, May 8, 2025, 7:16 PM John Bokman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had a set of Taras for years. They are great on Sam! Unfortunately > I can't upload my pictures (message too big). They are great load carriers. > Light, super stiff, strong, no problems with mounting. You can pay more for > fancy carriers like Nitto, but you certainly don't have to if functionality > is your priority. > > @ Nick: Do your panniers jump on the rails at all? If so, do you shim > them? I have only used hook and bungee style front bags on my Taras but > need to make a switch to different bags now, so considering options. > > What brakes are on your Lightspeed, BTW? Nice looking setup. > > John > > On Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 9:45:19 PM UTC-7 Nick Payne wrote: > >> I've had the same Tara rack on my touring bike for more than 20 years. I >> have mine mounted to the rear/lower dropout eyelet, so that the bottom >> section of the rack is more horizontal and more towards the centre of the >> bottom of the pannier when it's mounted on the rack. With the way yours is >> mounted to the upper/front dropout eyelet, only the front part of the >> pannier will be supported at the bottom. >> >> As for how the rack performs, extremely well. I use Ortlieb panniers with >> it. This is the only photo I could find of the rack without panniers >> attached. >> [image: IMG_0608.JPG] >> >> Nick Payne >> > -- > 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/TVFLI8sB8ME/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4f5a8a14-9609-484b-b899-3e95874e165an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4f5a8a14-9609-484b-b899-3e95874e165an%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAFwrbzrNFb%2B56jWniTETLb4m8xbg15andx9f5Ljq0FjvfNFhJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
