Remember that Grant said Nitto is conservative. I've seen $20 aluminum el-crappo racks at bike shops that are "rated" to 40 lbs. A rack like that may make it home from the grocery store with 40 lbs. Hook a couple of 20 lb panniers to it & go touring for a few weeks. It may survive & it may not.
44 lbs on a rear rack is one heckuva load beyond a few miles. I've played with loads on tour for a long time. I have no special lightweight gear and like my comfort. Something like 40 lbs is typical BUT spread around 4 bags. To my taste (& not everyone's, I realize), a couple of 12 lb panniers on the front & a couple of 8 lbs on the rear works nicely. The rears are not fully stuffed so there's room for a late afternoon grocery stop. How Tubus comes up with their numbers may be a difference between Japanese standards & German. I have Tubus Duo front rack & a Nitto Big Back rack. Both work well. dougP On Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:59:48 PM UTC-8, Jim M. wrote: > > I'm surprised by those numbers too. I used a medium Wald zip-tied to a > Mark's rack for regular loads of 10 to 15 pounds (e.g., a gallon of milk > plus other stuff) and never had an issue. > > jim m > wc ca > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:55 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bert...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I've not owned a Nitto rack, so these numbers come as a surprise -- very >> low. The Tubus Fly, all 11 oz of it, and its silver brother, are rated for >> 18 kg/40 lb; the Logo for 40 kg/88 lb, and the Duo front for 33 lb. >> >> -- 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.
