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Dwayne [Visitor] in response to: The Good Rack Guide - Kona Sutra Edition

Dwayne [Visitor] — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:11 +0000

Will shoot a couple!

charlie [Member] in response to: The Good Rack Guide - Kona Sutra Edition

charlie [Member] — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:46 +0000

That looks like a good option Dwayne. Do you have any photos? I reckon it would probably fit better than the logo!

Dwayne [Visitor] in response to: The Good Rack Guide - Kona Sutra Edition

Dwayne [Visitor] — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:21 +0000

I am using the Sherpa Rack from Old Man Mountain (http://oldmanmountain.com/Pages/RackPages/RearRacks.html). It fits great and mounts up to the vbrake posts! The only adjustment was that I needed to use the front rack J shaped adapters as they were shorter.

charlie [Member] in response to: Kona Sutra 2008 - Long Term Review

charlie [Member] — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:02:42 +0000

Hi George,

Thanks for your comment and questions.

The fenders I use are SKS chromoplastic ones.

Since my tyres are so big, I had to hacksaw off the part of the front one that went under the fork arch and in front of the fork. I also had to make a hole a bit further up the rear one to rotate it a little further forwards than the standard fit. Neither of these mods seems to reduce the functionality of the mudguards. I then fitted the wire attachments to the mountings a little further up the frame than they are normally, thus necessitating bending them. The photos show the bendage, so let me know if you need to know more.

I use the Tubus Logo and it works really well, but the Disco might be better. I looked at it when I was buying racks but was put off by the minimal protection of the wheels - I had an incident once where the pannier I was using, which had a pretty rigid back, bent all the way into the wheel when I was accelerating across a road junction. This took spokes off the rear wheel and stopped me in my tracks. I am therefore a little paranoid about racks without a wide area that holds the panniers. The Disco is probably better in some ways as it will mount lower, making the centre of gravity lower and the bike more agile when loaded, but the Logo has been great. See my "Good Rack Guide" for more info. I have found that the rigid panniers I use just clear my heel.

Good luck!

Charlie

George [Visitor] in response to: Kona Sutra 2008 - Long Term Review

George [Visitor] — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:04:19 +0000

Hi Charlie :)
Thanks for sharing all this things w/us, it trully helpful. Can i ask which fenders did you used? I havent found anything on the local market that looks it could fit. (is there any hint?)
Regarding the rack, did you give any look to Tubus Disco.? When i've contacted Tubus myself they informed me that Logo shouldnt be fitted to Sutra since they developed the Disco rack having Sutra in mind. I do prefer the size of your rack though and the versatility of mounting the panniers (ortliebs) a bit more to the rear to earn space for my heel.
Thanks
George
Crete Island - Greece

charlie [Member] in response to: Kona Sutra 2008 - Long Term Review

charlie [Member] — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:21:34 +0000

Hi Mike,

Not really. There IS toe overlap but you get used to it. Most road bikes these days have toe overlap. It's a bit like clip-in pedals : once you are used to it there's nothing to worry about.

mike [Visitor] in response to: Kona Sutra 2008 - Long Term Review

mike [Visitor] — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:33:45 +0000

I am looking at getting one of these. Any problems with toe overlap at all?

thanks

mike

charlie [Member] in response to: Kona Sutra 2008 - Long Term Review

charlie [Member] — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:48:24 +0000

Hi Julia,

Thanks for your comment. Did you get a new front rack in the end? How's the tour going?

The bag in the bottom cage is actually a folded up rain layer. The vertical cage has a "cagerocket" in it, which holds the toolkit and other things. I reccomend it.

Happy touring!