Topeak Super Tourist DX Rack Disc Brakes

Tortec Expedition Bicycle Pannier Rack

Advantages: Versatile, durable, good weight capacity, multiple bike fitment
Disadvantages: Black anodising fades

brought one and fitted it first to her 17" mountain bike, and then moved it to her 19" hybrid without any troubles. It does however need top and bottom rack mounting points on the frame of the bike you intend to fit it to - you probably could get away with using p-clips for the top seat stays, but I'm not sure that would work so well for the bottom stays. The rack however is very unlikely to fit if you have rear disc brakes, as the bottom stays are likely to foul the caliper. There are only 2 smallish caveats. The rack is relatively heavy, it does change the way the bike handles and behaves. If you don't have a good pedaling technique - most people rock the bike as they pedal - then it can make the bike seem harder work. I did get used to it quickly, and only notice it now when I take the rack off. The other point concerns the black ...

fred_redwood 18.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Tortec Expedition Rear Rack

The Accidental Tourist

Advantages: Beautifully yet honestly written, vivid characters and a quietly compelling story
Disadvantages: No grand plots to speak of, requires your full attention.

Having experienced something of a bad run with good books lately (I'd just read 4 extremely good but very depressing books in a row) I decided that I was in need of a little lighthearted literary 'therapy'. What I wanted was a book that would entice, enchant and entertain me - absorb me with its characters, endue me with wonderment and generally restore my faith in the goodness of humankind. My wife, bless her cotton socks, knew just the book.. And so with much expectation (and perhaps a little trepidation) I began 'The Accidental Tourist'. I mean, with a title like that it's gotta be fairly light hearted right? On page one I'm introduced to our central protagonist, Macon Leary. Macon is a reclusive, insular, anally retentive, emotionally inept, socially incompetent, compulsive worrier who hates traveling and writes travel ...

Spiderkid 19.10.2005 (20.10.2005) · Read full review
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Review of The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler

Top rack

Advantages: Great rack for the money
Disadvantages: Needs more positioning holes

The Powerline Power Rack is a perfectly adequate entry level power rack and robust enough for domestic use. I bought this product about 2 years ago and it has taken some serious punishment in my garage gym and it's still as structurally sound as the day I got it. It comes with easy-to-assemble instructions and requires nothing more specialist than an adjustable wrench or a socket set to assemble. When looking for a decent power rack I kept coming back to this one, mainly because of the price and while it is pretty basic in comparison to some of the all-singing-and-dancing commercial alternatives, it still offers the same safety function of its more expensive counterparts. The rack a chin-up bar incorporated in the design, as standard, and has the option of adding a Lat pulley attachment at an additional cost. I personally didn ...

bison2210 22.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Powerline Power Rack