Comments on: Nice rack. http://www.lafferty.ca/2008/04/28/nice-rack/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich http://www.lafferty.ca/2008/04/28/nice-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-30379 Rich Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:29:20 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/?p=915#comment-30379 Partly because I don't want to have to carry panniers inside with me every time I leave my bike (because they'll be gone in minutes otherwise), partly because I want the flat carrying capacity (kitty litter! beer!), and partly all those reasons I linked where it says "why the front" :-) And I appreciate the heritage: <a href="http://www.lafferty.ca/lj/20080429/porteur1955pdj.2.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.lafferty.ca/lj/20080429/porteur1955pdj.2.jpg" width="227" height="172"></a> But the general answer is that I noticed that a lot of people who spend a lot of time thinking about and doing utility cycling seem to like the load up front. (And of course nothing prevents me from tossing on a rear rack and a couple of Wald baskets <i>too</i>, later.) Partly because I don’t want to have to carry panniers inside with me every time I leave my bike (because they’ll be gone in minutes otherwise), partly because I want the flat carrying capacity (kitty litter! beer!), and partly all those reasons I linked where it says “why the front” :-) And I appreciate the heritage:

But the general answer is that I noticed that a lot of people who spend a lot of time thinking about and doing utility cycling seem to like the load up front.

(And of course nothing prevents me from tossing on a rear rack and a couple of Wald baskets too, later.)

]]> By: gcrumb http://www.lafferty.ca/2008/04/28/nice-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-30369 gcrumb Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:38:58 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/?p=915#comment-30369 I'd say steering will get wonky well below 40lb., especially if you've got street car tracks etc. to deal with. For my part, I've never found a front rack that I liked, for exactly this reason. Any reason you don't want to choose rear-mounted panniers? Full disclosure: I actually prefer the sweaty back to all other options.... 8^) I’d say steering will get wonky well below 40lb., especially if you’ve got street car tracks etc. to deal with. For my part, I’ve never found a front rack that I liked, for exactly this reason. Any reason you don’t want to choose rear-mounted panniers?

Full disclosure: I actually prefer the sweaty back to all other options…. 8^)

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