Hugh: As luck would have it, a Cosmo came into my life a while back & I like it a lot. Haven't used it with panniers & loading the platform yet. Functionally the Nitto & the Cosmo may be interchangeable. However, and I realize this is completely silly, to me the Nitto looks a lot nicer. Tubus racks are wonderful pieces of engineering but visually they tend to reflect their German heritage.
What I'm hoping is that the new Nitto will have provision for trimming the mounting tabs as the R-26 does so that it can sit lower on the 47 cm mini-Lantis. My wife likes her rack trunk bag but it's a hassle with panniers. And of course there's the thrill of opening a package from Rivendell! dougP On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 5:10:20 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: > > Hi I'm Hugh and I have a luggage rack problem... what about > this<http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6025264773_3bab454e0d.jpg> Nitto > Campee rack with low rider detachable hoops does anyone have experience > with this rack? I dig the low rider hoops and that they're removable. > Though the top platform seems a bit small yet in this image > here<http://www.icycletowork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/9afad__6017230335_8457c5f48e.jpg> > they > have a Sackville saddle bag mounted which IMHO looks awesome. > > Doug I do like the look of that rack however it seems awful similar to my > Tubus Cosmo rack. I've noticed that even with the lower mount on the Cosmo > with a load on the platform it still is a hassle to mount and dismount > panniers especially with a good load on top. > > ~Hugh > > On Friday, December 20, 2013 12:02:34 PM UTC-8, dougP wrote: >> >> My name is Doug & I have a serious luggage rack problem.....now, I think >> I need another one. >> >> In today's BLUG post, check out the rear rack on the 51 cm Sam in the >> last photo. It's got the lower pannier mounting bars that allow easy >> access to the top platform with panniers attached. It looks like the front >> hoop is either really low or gone, so there is more useful area on the >> platform. This really looks like a good evolution. If the lower mounts >> are nice long tabs that can be cut to fit, one of these may wind up on the >> mini-Lantis. >> >> This is the rack that's been mentioned somewhere (here? BLUG?) as one of >> Mark's projects. I recall something about Rivendell wanting to replace the >> 2 different sizes of Big Back Rack with a single version, which makes a lot >> of sense. This looks like it. ETA from Nitto is "soon". >> >> dougP >> > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
