Originally Posted by
charma
...On this rack, it says "max load 27kg (60 lbs)", so it looks like Salsa has redesigned this rack for the Marrakesh. This is closer to the specs for the Wanderlust HD rack...
Hope you enjoy your new bike.
Will a magnet stick to the rack? If not, then it's not steel, which is how Salsa achieves the higher load rating on the Wanderlust HD, as it appears to be otherwise identical to the lower-rated Al Wanderlust. If a magnet will stick to the rack, then Salsa must have taken to heart complaints that it's Alternator-dropout equipped Vaya, Fargo and Marrakesh were handicapped by their dependence on the unique 15kg-rated Alternator rack, and have thus debuted a new rack model, the "Alternator HD".