I am not an engineer (nor am I all that good at searching discussion forums) but the guy who posts in the Velocipedesalon as blasdelf and makes custom racks under the Haulin Colin name: http://www.haulincolin.com/porteur.html wrote a very good discourse on why Tubus makes the best production touring racks.
His point, and a point I have read elsewhere and that comports with my own experience is the cohesive design of the rack. Unlike the big Nitto racks which use struts to support the joined pieces, every angle and weld on the Tubus are planned for its overall purpose which is to attach firmly to the bike and allow panniers to attach firmly to the rack. The Nitto racks are also quite wide compared to the Tubus. Nitto are good racks. They are certainly very attractive. From a touring (and by that I mean long distance frequent rough road touring not a four day weekend jaunt in the Lake District) perspective, however, looks do not make as much difference as weight and simplicity. The Tubus is lighter and a less complicated design. Slightly off topic, I see someone mentions the Velo Orange above. True, stainless steel keeps its good looks longer than powder coated chro-molly. But stainless steel is not as strong and weighs more. The Velo Orange rear racks do not accommodate large panniers well. It is also difficult to hook Arkel style pannier mounts on the VO racks. On Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:04:02 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Matthew J <matth...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I've had and used both. Obviously it is my opinion, although I would >> point out an opinion shared by others in the on line and bike shop world. > > > You are saying that you and others -- I assume more than one or two -- in > the bike business believe that Tubus racks are "head and shoulders above" > Nitto racks? > > Again, I don't understand. Why do you (plural) believe this? What about > Tubus racks makes them so much better? You speak of design. Are the Nitto > designs so much inferior that they fall a head-length below Tubus racks? > > Once again, I am not trying to pick a fight, I am simply looking for > evidence. *What is this evidence?* > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > __________________________________________________________________________ > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
