I've been eyeballing low rider front racks. For the first couple of years Rivendell sold the Nitto Campee with the bolt on low riders, and had a simple low rider only with hoop in development (Reader 15, page 13) but at some point decided to eschew the low and go high. I wonder what made them see the high rider religion?
I have a Carradice Limpet, the rackless, velcro and hop-mount bags, but unfortunately I've just never come to love it. When I find a good deal or trade on a rack, I want to switch out the Limpet. I'm sure with global economies and such $220 is the fair price for a Nitto Campee, but that's not in the budget right now. VO says they have something in development but can't discuss it's design or timing. On Jan 8, 1:04 pm, omnigrid <omnig...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was not impressed with a VO rack I installed on a customer's bicycle. The > welds were ugly, everything was out of alignment, the finish was not > anywhere near that of a Nitto, and the piece that attaches to the fork crown > was flimsy and sure to fail eventually. I'm sure it would perform just fine > for a little while, but the build quality was just not there. > > You get what you pay for. "Buy once, cry once." > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll second this request. Do the vo racks line up with the rvindell > > braze ons? > > > And is the main diff between the nitto mini front and the marks rack > > the way the stays attach? > > > On Jan 8, 2:17 pm, MikeC <mecinib...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Not to hijack this thread, but how do the VO's in stainless steel > > > compare to the Nittos in cro-mo in design and quality? They seem > > > pretty similar in photos and VOs are half to two-thirds the price. > > > > -Mike > > > > On Jan 8, 12:09 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Go with the Mini. It's a great rack, and mine has carried well over 30 > > lbs > > > > without a problem. In fact, the superiority of the Mini is a major > > reason to > > > > get a cantilever bike, IMO. > > > > > I have no experience with the two-strut, so take my comments with a > > grain of > > > > salt, but despite the double struts I doubt it can carry more weight > > than > > > > the mini, because its attachment to the fork crown is much less secure > > > > (bolted-on flat piece of flexible steel vs. brazed-on solid round steel > > > > rod). That said, the two strut will fit cantis acc. to rivbike: "It > > mounts > > > > to any of our bikes, and most others". For the most secure attachment, > > you'd > > > > probably want to run a bolt through your forkcrown to attach the flat > > metal > > > > piece to... > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Gernot > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
