Re: [RBW] Tubus racks for Summer tour with a few thoughts pictures.

2013-04-20 Thread Joe Bernard
Axioms may be swell, but the bargain price stems from country of origin. If that's what you're looking for, fine and dandy, but it warrants a mention. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Friday, April 19, 2013 1:26:54 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: I've owned several Flys and currently use a Fly, a

[RBW] Tubus racks for Summer tour with a few thoughts pictures.

2013-04-19 Thread hsmitham
Howdy Riv folk, I just purchased two Tubus racks for an upcoming tour in June. Thought I'd post a few pictures of them as I've seen some posts regarding racks quality and load capabilities. IMHO the tubus racks don't seem as quality built as the Nitto racks but the price was within my range

Re: [RBW] Tubus racks for Summer tour with a few thoughts pictures.

2013-04-19 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I've owned several Flys and currently use a Fly, a Logo, and have a Duo for just in case. I've never even seen a Nitto in person, but from the photos they are certainly prettier. But I have to say that the Tubus racks have an excellent design/capacity-to-price ratio, 'specailly if you buy them

[RBW] Tubus racks for Summer tour with a few thoughts pictures.

2013-04-19 Thread Kelly
Here is an option for mounting the low riders without strapping pclamps or adapters to your forks. http://m.flickr.com/photos/tksleeper/7866689574/in/set-72157625210417815/lightbox/ I've used this method on both my AHH and my wife's Atlantis. Picked the hardware up at Ace for a couple bucks.