Oh, and for loaded touring, I prefer a plain lowrider with a bar bag. On Apr 26, 8:13 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > Many front racks incorporate similar features. > > They serve two functions. First, they are a handy place to strap > things. Second, they stop things on top of the rack from falling on > to, and interefering with, the front brake. > > On Apr 26, 7:53 am, happyriding <happyrid...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > It seems to me that the horse shoe shaped portion that juts upward on > > the seat stay end of the rack would just get in the way when trying to > > strap things onto the rack. For instance, my Therm-a-Rest mattress is > > 25 inches wide. If I strapped it onto the rack, it would protrude 10 > > inches off the back. It seems to me that if the upward jutting > > horseshoe portion wasn't there, I could slide the mattress all the way > > up against the seat stays so that less of the mattress protruded off > > the end of the rack. Why was the rack designed that way? > > > Has anyone toured with the Nitto Big Rack? What did you think of it? > > > Thanks. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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