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Yep, considered that. Not going to be used on a road bike with single calliper bolt, and the platform is too small. I’m not averse to a normal rack, which is exactly what I’ve been doing. I have a lovely old Blackburn MTN which is a nice low platform on 700x45 as it was designed for 26". But it weighs ~600g. Tortec Ultralite is another option at 540g (sans bag) £20-30 with a wider platform.
I’m also talking to https://www.ti-bikes.com/titanium-rack/ about a custom rack, which would be perfect.
snoops
Nice. And Sim Works does a black version: https://freshtripe.co.uk/simworks-x-nitto-rack-stay-420mm/
Freshtripe said they can be secured with a daruma bolt, which would be fairly neat.
OK, thanks all. Looking like this:
Roswheel rack, 200g, £25: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185424933934
Rack struts, 90g, £22: https://freshtripe.co.uk/simworks-x-nitto-rack-stay-420mm/
Daruma bolt fixing, 30g, £12: https://freshtripe.co.uk/velo-orange-compression-daruma-hardware-for-campeur-racks/
Alpkit Airlok Tapered 13l, 150g, £16: https://alpkit.com/products/airlok-xtra-tapered
DIY lightweight rear backpack système 470g, £75, switch dry bags out to suit trip
vs Tailfin at 772g, £300, 20l bag option only