Racktime TourIt Bike Rack/Bag
04-06-12, 11:14 AM
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Racktime TourIt Bike Rack/Bag
Saw this is a Sierra Trading Post catalog & wondered if anyone here has experience with this bag? It's not really my style, but the concept is intriguing.
https://www.sierratradingpost.com/rac...colorFamily=04
It looks like a messenger bag/briefcase that has hardware so that it attaches to the top of the included rear rack.
https://www.sierratradingpost.com/rac...colorFamily=04
It looks like a messenger bag/briefcase that has hardware so that it attaches to the top of the included rear rack.
04-06-12, 11:23 AM
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I have the same rack on 2 bikes, touring and commuter, and it works well. I cannot speak to the bag - I have a racktime trunk bag that I use. The "snapit" system works well as you can lock the bag on the rack (the lock is extra) and it is very easy to take off the bag and put it back on.
11-09-12, 09:42 AM
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I just received mine with the Oyster White bag. Very natural appearing canvass, doesn't seem waterproof. Sleek nylon lining with zippered wallet pocket inside. The two buckles on top are meant for adjustment purposes only, and conceal a couple of magnetic snap closures, quite ingenious. The rack is brilliant as well; the extra top rail allows you to attach bags with a lower c.o.g., and the other little horizontal member near the bottom provides a mounting point for Axiom panniers or any bungee.
Unfortunately for me, the rack is designed to be mounted through the QR skewer of the rear wheel and so is incompatible with my recumbent bike, whose kickstand bolts on to the left rear dropout just a bit too close to the axle for the Tourit to attach there. Not to mention, even if It worked, I'd still have to purchase a new, longer QR skewer to accomodate the extra width of the rack mounts. While I could just attach it through the braze-ons, this would raise the whole rack by a couple of inches, defeating that lower c.o.g. thingy. So I'll either have to return the entire kit and kaboodle to Sierra or sell it off somewhere. Am just sick over this as the Racktime Tourit is the best looking rack I've ever seen, and would work great for me too were it not for the QR mounting system. D'oh!
Unfortunately for me, the rack is designed to be mounted through the QR skewer of the rear wheel and so is incompatible with my recumbent bike, whose kickstand bolts on to the left rear dropout just a bit too close to the axle for the Tourit to attach there. Not to mention, even if It worked, I'd still have to purchase a new, longer QR skewer to accomodate the extra width of the rack mounts. While I could just attach it through the braze-ons, this would raise the whole rack by a couple of inches, defeating that lower c.o.g. thingy. So I'll either have to return the entire kit and kaboodle to Sierra or sell it off somewhere. Am just sick over this as the Racktime Tourit is the best looking rack I've ever seen, and would work great for me too were it not for the QR mounting system. D'oh!
11-09-12, 09:50 AM
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i was looking at a rack from racktime today.
this one and I was really impressed
https://www.racktime.com/info.php?xn=26
this one and I was really impressed
https://www.racktime.com/info.php?xn=26
