To my eyes the Tara looks fine, especially if you use Ortlieb bags. I've used the Taras on a couple of month long tours with pretty heavy weight up front. They're great.
Eric Douglas On Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 9:38:00 PM UTC-4 Nick Payne wrote: > On Friday, 9 May 2025 at 9:16:12 am UTC+10 John Bokman wrote: > > @ 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. > > > Ortlieb mounting hooks actually lock to the rail, so the pannier can't > jump off. And the bottom of the pannier has an adjustable hook that fits on > the inside of the bottom of the rack, so the panniers can't flap outwards > at the bottom if going over rough terrain. > > The front brake on the bike is a Shimano V-brake and the rear an Avid with > the parallelogram setup intended to stop the pads trying to dive under the > rim wall. Levers are the Tektro drop bar levers for V-brakes. Both brakes > squeal a bit, which I've never been able to cure. > > Nick Payne > -- 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/1717fb58-c999-4cf5-b676-d4863ea9e45fn%40googlegroups.com.
