Hey there.
Need your ideas on best method to load the tetra rack as I’m going away for 2 weeks.
Issue: Tyre rubbing when the bike is on an angle, or if I go over rocks, the bag shacks to one side thus pulling the track with it. Then you’ve got this annoying sound, not very peaceful hey.
Some notes:
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I generally tour through fire trails or singles so it’s bumpy.
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Rack is perfect when in a straight line.
-Top bag is loaded with a max of 10-11 Kgs.
- Rack is about as stiff as I can get it, even if I replace Velcro with mental pipe clips to really tighten it to the frame.
My Theory:
Weight on top, causes it to be too end heavy, meaning it’s easier to pull the rack to one side.
If I replace the bag with two panniers bags.
This weight would be equally distributed on each side, with a much lower CG.
By packing the heavier items down the bottom, I assume the weight would push against the lower portion of the rack itself, and also leaning onto the frame.
Does this make sense?
Can’t find to much rubbing issues with the rack online, so I figured it was my enormous bag on the top.
thanks guys!
by Eugeneisthebest