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Old 06-28-19, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by djb
for Marcus and sdn40,
Marcus, here in Canada, Tubus racks are seriously expensive, upwards of 125 and 150 front and back, throw in 15% sales tax and its a lot of cash. I bought a pair for when I decided to do some Latin America trips, so went with top stuff
I hear ya. I saw the Tubus' once at a bike show, so really did not check them out, but the way people on the net rave about them, I thought they would help me conquer the world.
In the end, they were twice as much as other brands and half as much as Surlys, so I compromised.
I think they are well made, they state that their weight capacity is much higher than what is declared but they don't want people using it to mount child carriers, thus the standard 25 kg limit.
The front racks do not fit perfectly on my LHT, so had to figure out a different mounting
I found the paint chips easily. I have not done any "rough" tours yet, but I suspect they will not look good at the end of one
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