Originally Posted by
MoyZ
Another thing is not yet clear to me is what makes the quick release bolt attachment system of say the OMM Sherpa (or any other top brand front rack) safer than the one I used? and why is mine in your opinion more likely to fail ?
i'm not in the position to say it's safer or not, but then i don't have a team of liability
lawyers on retainer. not having a sherpa in front of me, can't say what the difference
is. maybe they have some kind of posi-traction lock, or lawyer tabs or something.
i'm just saying your setup looks questionable. you might get through this tour just fine.
or not. i wouldn't attach a rack that way, wouldn't advise anyone else to do it either.
i'd like to say i was using the "king's metric" and miscalculated the weight limit. nope,
i didn't read that ebay ad carefully. i just bought one of these on taobao (chinese ebay)
for $4, and the load limit in their ad was 20kg. i won't be carrying panniers on the front.
will be riding the hot, dusty roads i cambodia soon, will need to carry an extra gallon or
so of water. maybe zip-tie a spare tire on as well.
as for you, see this post for an alternate solution:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...touring-solved!