Originally Posted by
fietsbob
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The Use of the Brompton head tube Block and making it removable will gain usefulness
and make them easier to sell as a Plug and Play product.
Earlier bag support racks were All steel, stamped & folded sheet steel fit over the frame block.
now the tubing is aluminum and the joining parts are Nylon
and the connection Pop rivets.
It all depends. If you look in some of the Flikr groups some peopel load theyr b`s heavily both front and rear. I like the lugage block system a lot (that is why I have started installing the system to my other small wheel bikes) but it has got its limitations.
A steel bagframe is great (I know, I own one) but nothing is stronger than its weakest point, and I fear that is the luggageblock in some sort of nylon/plastic. You could of course have one made from a different material but then the weakest point would be the two 5mm srews keeping it in place.
DIY on the existing system can take you a long way but I think if you want to go really heavy and big you need a front rack.
Looked at the thread about my DIY and realised somebody linked to a site with plenty racks. Been wondering if one of them, this one
http://www.fahrradladen-berlin.de/Vo...teuerrohr.html would do, still only rated for 8-10 kg. Cheaper than the e-bay one at least.