Kona Sutra
johny c
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I tried to post some pics on the review section of the forum, but couldn't get any linking to work. To save anyone who's interested going through all that copy/paste palaver, here they are (I hope) there are some differences from the standard bike to suit my needs.
bike with bags:
front rack detail:
rear rack detail:
I've had a bash at reducing the compromises in the rear rack mounting. The drive side has been re-aligned to make it a conventional mount.The brake side has a bolt straight through from the inside of the lug to be tightened by a nut, the rack is then retained by another nut. A nut sandwich with loctite spread. I'll try it on Arran with a couple of bags of tatties on board and see how it goes.
bike with bags:
front rack detail:
rear rack detail:
I've had a bash at reducing the compromises in the rear rack mounting. The drive side has been re-aligned to make it a conventional mount.The brake side has a bolt straight through from the inside of the lug to be tightened by a nut, the rack is then retained by another nut. A nut sandwich with loctite spread. I'll try it on Arran with a couple of bags of tatties on board and see how it goes.
Johny
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Very nice pics of your bike. Really do like the livery. What make are the racks?
AlexLife is like a roll of toilet paper; long and useful, but always ends at the wrong moment. Anon.
Think how stupid the average person is.......
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Alex, thanks,
The rear rack is stamped 'racktime', the front 'yueni'. I might not make that much use of the front racks, I'm only likely to get one big tour in a year. I've only really made use of front racks in the past when carrying camping gear too, these days I use hostels or b&b.
here's the bike in day to day use:
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