Roger, I changed to a Tubus Tara (http://www.tubus.com/en/lowrider/tara) front low-rider rack. It has worked very well, much stiffer. Mine is black but other have them in silver (which I think looks better).
Angus On Jan 15, 12:18 pm, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > I looked through old Riv Readers and catalogs and found what I think > you're talking about on RR #8 page 24. It reminds me of the Rene Herse > front rack in the latest Bicycle Quarterly. I'm glad you shared your > thoughts on it, because while it sounds very cool, it wouldn't suit my > needs. Good advice! Thanks Angus. > > What I didn't find is the line drawing my mind pictures so clearly of > a Riv add of the Campee with lowriders like I had meant. Maybe I just > have a faulty memory... > > Anyway, you're right, the current design that several shops sell is > the one I had in mind, and really want. > A couple of people inquired off list about buying the rear racks, but > I'm really hoping someone will come forward with a front lowrider. I'm > holding off on selling the rear racks, but the Mark's rack, Wald or > the Carradice Camper could go to good homes. The Limpet can go once a > lowrider happens - it's perfectly functional in the meantime, but > ultimately not to my taste. > > Since the Nitto lowrider hasn't materialized so far, I'd also be happy > to talk about other brands of front lowrider (Tubus, Jandd, Gordon, > etc). Preferably a trade, but for sale is open for discussion, too. > > Roger > > On Jan 15, 5:29 am, Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Roger, > > > The current Nitto Campee front rack with removable low riders is a > > different design than the Nitto front rack with removable low riders I > > got from Rivendell a long time ago. > > > On mine it was basically a small front rack, the vertical side parts > > that connected to the fork end eyelets were removable and the low > > riders were removable. I added two small tabs to make it fit the > > front fork of my All-Rounder (rack didn't align with the fork end > > eyelets). > > > I found the rack that I have to be quite flexible with a front load, > > the current Front Campee looks much better. > > > Angus > > > On Jan 14, 12:07 pm, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > I'm hoping someone has a Nitto Campee front rack with the detachable > > > low riders that they could part with, like were sold early on by Riv > > > and more recently by a few shops like Ben's and Box Dog. If the > > > elusive Campee didn't materialize, I'd also be open to discuss other > > > lowrider front racks. > > > > I have several things in trade that may be of interest, and a cash > > > infusion could be used to even out a trade as well. For consideration, > > > I have: > > > > - Nitto Rear Rack - the earlier style without the perhaps unnecessary > > > triangulating gussets > > > - Nitto Campee rear rack with the detachable low riders > > > - Mark's Rack - this could come with or without a Wald Basket > > > - Wald quicky-disconnect handlebar basket - Riv sold these a few years > > > ago. They are humbler than the Nitto racks. > > > - Carradice Camper - the green Riv-only version from around 1998 or > > > so. > > > - Carradice Limpet integrated front pannier/rack system - especially > > > made for frames that don't easily take a rack > > > > All have light to medium use. If there is any interest, it would give > > > me the impetus to finally get some images into my Flickr account. > > > > Thanks, > > > Roger -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
