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The stays? I donno, I've seen this more than once on glamour shots of fancy bikes, curious.

I'll quote myself here

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Post-post realistic quoting allowance

I could quote Vic Chesnutt now.

How did you get on? Did you manage to sort the ferry crossing in the end?

Yep, they said they wouldn't have known which ferry I was supposed to be on if I hadn't told them. And the bike capacity on the boats was huge, about a hundred bikes only took up the space of two or three cars so there was plenty of flexibility.

Had a great time on the ride but my lack of fitness/preparation let me down a little bit. 85km doesn't sound too bad but it felt like twice that. I spent a lot of time using my 30T ring...

Glad it worked out. Hopefully I'll be able to make it next year.

Ha, like that!
It looks happy.

Rear rack a bit flimsy though?
Also quite a wild cable situation (love the clothes-peg though)..

I think the rear rack is just a bag support

I think the rear rack is just a bag support

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good point

Why would one not want a proper rack instead?
That can act as a 'bag support' but also offer more options at the same time?

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this is for brag support, we're talking about bag support here.

Because it is heavier and less elegant

Double top tube heavy duty steel frame, and then saving a few grams by using a lighter rack?

Double top tube is functional in gate-sized frames, also looks pretty cool imo.

Yeah, totally agree!
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I'm saying to me it would not make much sense to mount a wimpy rack for saving weight and because one likes to go for an "elegant" look, if the whole bike is rather heavy and robust looking.

Nitto R14 - 580gm
Tubus Fly in stainless - 440gm

Also, Tubus racks tend to be straight and easy to install.

Okay maybe not lighter in all cases. Would look worse though. Also less functional as bag support as the platform will be lower and less wide

Your results may vary, but I’ve found that platform width won’t make that much of a difference. Wider, cheaper alu racks are ubiquitous and look better when not being used IMO.
They’re also about the weight of that Nitto.

We need a Functional bag supports (that are not being used) thread.