I can't make any sense out of these rack weight numbers. Rack weights are not calculated in lbs. A gallon of milk weighs 8 lbs., which is a lot for a mini front rack, but I wouldn't expect the rack to break. What are you telling us?
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:37:52 AM UTC-5, grant wrote: > > Mark's rack is 4.4 pounds. > Nitto Mini, 13. > > The big rears, 44. > > Nitto is conservative, but try to heed these. The racks are well made of > good materials, but are not unbreakable...even tho they're CrMo and Nitto > and sold by us. Doooooo be careful, and if you put a basket on a Mark's > rack and use it for milk--I mean, if you cannot be talked out of that, then > lift the load off the rack with straps to the handlebars front and rear, > making sure the load is lower than the bar, so that cinching the strap > doesn't impose a downward force on the load and multimply the stress on the > rack. > Check bolt tightness. > The specs come with racks now, and are on the sight. > > Be careful, safe, and aware. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
