Civia rack feedback
10-21-10 | 05:29 PM
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Civia rack feedback
Anyone have any experience with this rack? Good or bad. https://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ear+Mount+Rack
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10-22-10 | 01:11 PM
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I bought it so I hope its a good one. Made by Tubus from what I understand.
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10-22-10 | 03:04 PM
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"Inspired" by Tubus would be more like it, I would guess -- I do mean *guess,* I don't really know.
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10-22-10 | 04:10 PM
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10-22-10 | 06:15 PM
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Since Civia is owned by QBP and QBP does a lot of their own sourcing (they own the Dimension brand, too), I'd be surprised if they needed or wanted to cut Tubus in on the deal.
"Inspired" by Tubus would be more like it, I would guess -- I do mean *guess,* I don't really know.
"Inspired" by Tubus would be more like it, I would guess -- I do mean *guess,* I don't really know.
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10-23-10 | 03:27 PM
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10-23-10 | 04:24 PM
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The rack that came with the Tourist I bought last April was fine for the summer and not carrying much stuff but I installed the Axiom waterproof panniers and have had to resort to carrying a lot more clothing changes and the rack is pretty flimsy and was doing a lot of moving around, (yes I checked the screws to make sure they were tight) The rack was just not beefy enough so I'm hoping this thing will take care of that.
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05-22-11 | 02:59 PM
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I just got one. Not much experience yet. I like that it's longer than the other ones my bike shop had -- with 26" wheels, it's pretty easy to hit your heels on whatever's mounted there even as far back as this is. The mechanism for attaching uses tubes in a little pivot joint. This has upsides and downsides. Upside is that it's much stronger and lighter than the normal mechanism (where you bend dinky sheet metal). Downside is that they can easily run into the rack where they stick out in back. You may need to dremel them off to shorten them. This isn't a big deal if you have a dremel, but if not, you won't be able to mount it on some bikes, and on others, it may interfere with how the panniers mount. Civia appears to have fixed this in the Loring rack, but I'd be worried about brake clearance.
05-22-11 | 03:57 PM
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Well this old thread came back and I will now report that the Civia rack is doing yeomans duty. Plenty sturdy for my use I could recommend at least for regular commuting.
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05-22-11 | 04:02 PM
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Might be made, If, made from steel tubing .. like Tubus..
but they are a German company's product ..
QBP brands are all Sourced in Asia, ,
Taiwan, is where the investment capital went,
for most of the bike industry.
Bruce Gordon's rear rack is excellent, and He makes those.
but they are a German company's product ..
QBP brands are all Sourced in Asia, ,
Taiwan, is where the investment capital went,
for most of the bike industry.
Bruce Gordon's rear rack is excellent, and He makes those.
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05-22-11 | 07:23 PM
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Might be made, If, made from steel tubing .. like Tubus..
but they are a German company's product ..
QBP brands are all Sourced in Asia, ,
Taiwan, is where the investment capital went,
for most of the bike industry.
Bruce Gordon's rear rack is excellent, and He makes those.
but they are a German company's product ..
QBP brands are all Sourced in Asia, ,
Taiwan, is where the investment capital went,
for most of the bike industry.
Bruce Gordon's rear rack is excellent, and He makes those.
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