Originally Posted by
MadCityCyclist
One advantage the Tikit may have for touring is that the rear rack looks higher and further away from the pedals than the Brompton. That would make finding rear panniers easier, because the rear rack on the Brompton is very close to the pedals on the back swing, especially if you have big feet like me.
The folding rear rack for Tikit looks nice. It's carrying capacity of 35 pounds is nothing special, but doable. Because of it's great hight, the stays and folding joints have to support lots of dynamic weight. Let's hope the rack is built to really handle it in the long term...the price would suggest so.
Actually, I think that Brompton can carry more stuff than a Tikit-without-the-trailer, when used the way pathlesspedaled
uses it; the T-bag can carry probably more stuff than two front panniers, and a backpack sitting on the rear rack can
carry at least as much as two panniers.