HeadSmess
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theres one thing about rack mounts i find personally frustrating that noones has mentioned.
parking them. pushing them round. the general awkwardness of a bicycle is increased tenfold as the weight tries to topple it over.
holding the handlebars doesnt help...
try opening a gate on a cold morning while holding the bike upright between your legs... a bicycle will do its utmost to annoy you at such times
anyway, nah...last rack mount i made for someone, a wee little puff of a girl... she did exactly that...dropped it opening a gate. the thing just keeps going over, and invariably the front wheel lifts off the ground as one vainly struggles with the handlebars to keep it up...
all of a sudden the whole lot pivots through the headset, and the engine gets slammed to the ground, and in this case, broke off one of the starter studs...all good, except it took a great chunk of crankcase with it!
that was the final straw for me and racks...
a trike is completely different and you can stick anything on there within reason...
but motorbikes have engines in the frame for a reason... though honda once found that getting the cog too LOW can be as bad as too high
i helped a friend put one on the front of a bike years ago... it was a great drive system, but heavy on the steering...
parking them. pushing them round. the general awkwardness of a bicycle is increased tenfold as the weight tries to topple it over.
holding the handlebars doesnt help...
try opening a gate on a cold morning while holding the bike upright between your legs... a bicycle will do its utmost to annoy you at such times
anyway, nah...last rack mount i made for someone, a wee little puff of a girl... she did exactly that...dropped it opening a gate. the thing just keeps going over, and invariably the front wheel lifts off the ground as one vainly struggles with the handlebars to keep it up...
all of a sudden the whole lot pivots through the headset, and the engine gets slammed to the ground, and in this case, broke off one of the starter studs...all good, except it took a great chunk of crankcase with it!
that was the final straw for me and racks...
a trike is completely different and you can stick anything on there within reason...
but motorbikes have engines in the frame for a reason... though honda once found that getting the cog too LOW can be as bad as too high
i helped a friend put one on the front of a bike years ago... it was a great drive system, but heavy on the steering...