Originally Posted by
bellweatherman
Hey. That's a pretty convenient solutions. Obviously, the braze-on eyelets are going to be stronger, but for those not going to carry a huge weight load, the p-clamps are a nice alternative. Does anyone know how much weaker or how much less weight you can carry with a rear rack mounted to p-clamps?
I keep a Krypto NY chain and lock in my rack trunk and carry my laptop in a pannier about half of the time, load weights between 12 and 20 pounds. I broke a P-Clamp after about 5 months. The Ortlieb/Tubus clamps are holding up well after a year or so.