Nitto R-14 top rack on a Roadeo: Sacrilege?

[Forrest]

Would use rubber-lined clamps on the seat stays, and the long struts bolted to fender braze-ons at the rear dropouts. Could just use a true saddlebag sans rack, but I am overly fond of my Arkel Tail Rider trunk bag. It only weighs a pound, and I usually never have more than 7-9 pounds of stuff in it, max, often more like 5-6 pounds. But it is bullet-proof and waterproof and expandable, and what if I come across a box turtle that I would like to take home to my wife as a present (she's turtle-crazy)?

[Joe Broach]

Saddlebags are pretty nice. Have you tried one? You might find--as I
did with my Romulus--that the lightweight tubing is not happy with
even a five pounds cantilevered off the back on a rack. If you're not
dissuaded, how about the Nitto R10 that clamps to the seatpost and can
bolt to the fender eyelets?

http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=872

I agree that one always should have room for the unexpected!

Best,
joe broach
portland, or

[newenglandbike]

I don't have a Roadeo so take this with grain of salt, but I bet it would be fine.     The R-14 rack is not typical, being unusually well made, lightweight and stiff.      That being said, you could also look into mounting the smaller Mark's rack-  although they are normally shown mounted to the fork, they can also be mounted to the seatstays.   I have one on an old sequoia to support a large saddlebag and it is great.

Matt

[PATRICK MOORE]

You'd be surprised what a light-tubed frame can take with a high
quality rack properly loaded. I used to load Eric Motobecane fixie,
light 531 (C?) tubing, with 40+ lb of rear load -- 45 total on the
rear was the most recorded. It wagged with over 40, but 30+ was fine.
Lightweight Tubus Fly. My all 753 '95 road custom would handle 40 lb
loads with a Fly, also very well. Even the longer stayed current '03
handles 30 lb fine, tho' not as well as the other two bikes. I found
that panniers so attached affected handling less than heavy saddlebags
while also carrying more.

I doubt that the Rom's tubes are any lighter than those of the above.

The trike is 531 and light for a steel trike, and it handles loads
even better! -- Hoss, tho' I hope one day to get a custom platform
rack for it.

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[EricP]

Go for it.  Not only does it sound like a fine idea, but the Arkel Tail Rider is a great bag. I don't have one, but have looked them over numerous times. 

 

Saddlebags are great, but if you're not using a saddle with loops and don't want to use a Nitto bag clamp, there's not a lot out there.  The R-14 is a better idea IMO.

 

Had an R-14 on my Hillborne when first building it up.  And may eventually have one on another bike someday.  It's a excellent item.

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

[Forrest]

Thanks for the tip on the R-10, Joe.

[Jay in Tel Aviv]

I use a Carradice Super C saddlebag with a bagman QR support on your
old Sam.
I bet the same setup would work great on the Rodeo.

Jay

On Apr 10, 3:05 pm, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip on the R-10, Joe.
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> On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:45:59 AM UTC-5, joe b. wrote:
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> > Saddlebags are pretty nice. Have you tried one? You might find--as I
> > did with my Romulus--that the lightweight tubing is not happy with
> > even a five pounds cantilevered off the back on a rack. If you're not
> > dissuaded, how about the Nitto R10 that clamps to the seatpost and can
> > bolt to the fender eyelets?
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> >http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id...

[Lisa]

Rubber-lined clamps can discolor the paint beneath them.  This is especially obvious on light-colored bikes.  I'd suggest a wrap of bar tape or rim tape under the rubber to protect your paint.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:10:41 AM UTC-4, Forrest wrote:

[Liesl]

I think do what the box turtle would like the most. -liesl