Topeak Super Tourist DX 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

Tortec Expedition Bicycle Pannier Rack

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

What no Fancy title? It's a a rack. It goes on your bicycle. It carries stuff. Enough said. I purchased this particular model because it had a Cycling Plus best buy, and had positive reviews elsewhere. I have a daily 22 mile commute, and need to carry quite a bit of kit, including shower stuff and a change of clothes - my walking rucksack was starting to get rather heavy. The rack comes in silver or black - I bought the black one. The Expedition is a heavy-duty rack, weighing in at 900g with a carrying capacity of 30kg, and comes with a handy bracket for mounting a rear light. The multi-mount fitting system is designed to fit a wide range of bicycles. Out of the box The rack certainly looked the business. It appeared to be well constructed, with tidy wields, good quality anodising, and all screws were stainless ...

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Review of Tortec Expedition Rear Rack

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