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Old 02-23-10 | 04:28 PM
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rubberbandito
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Originally Posted by JosephLMonti
@rubberbandito - great find on the rack! The M-Wave rack looks like it has all the adjustments of the Versarack I recommended, but at half the price. Let us know if it does fit the Nova. A few pix would be nice ; )
Here are pics of rack on my new Nova.
http://picasaweb.google.com/whalenla...eat=directlink
I love this bike even more than my Actionbent Jet Stream III Recumbent since it can go on sidewalks, in bus, train, etc, and its soooo light and easy to fold. I do think the wheels seem a little cheap but hey, it only cost me $220 for the bike! I put a Velo Gel seat on it and will put a crank and front derailler, it could use some stronger gears for more speed. The gearing is a little off, I never learned how to tune SRAM, but will now. You gotta be careful not to scratch the frame when you put the handlebar down and fold it. The two things sort of get in the way of each other. I will not put a shock on, this thing does not need it, but will put on big apples as the tires seem very light usage. I weigh about 185 and I put about 35 pounds on the rack yesterday, so went over the 200 lb weight limit and it was totally fine.

I bought the M-Wave rear rack. Its ok, though the Versarack would likely be much easier to use. And the M-wave bags are crap, I am getting heel strike and they bend into the wheel. I am not sure if the rack is causing heel strike or the huge shopping panniers. I have the rack at the lowest setting and reached the brackets back all the way to get it the furthest from my heel. I am pretty sure a good set of panniers will not cause heel strike, but don't know for sure since its so low to ground. You can go to the highest setting but then the front brackets don't reach back as far, so while its higher it will be closer to your heel. The M-wave panniers bent into my recumbent wheel and set it off true. Such crap. On the Nova they bend to tire but won't go into wheel I don't think. I do not recommend those panniers though the rack is good. It works.

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