| Re: Cargo Rack on MTB - Considerations?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:18:08 GMT, "Lorenzo L. Love"
<lllove@thegrid.net> wrote:
>Michael J. Klein wrote:
>> I asked my LBS about putting a rear cargo rack on my new Yukon MTB.
>> He said that nobody does that, and it would limit my use of the bike
>> for off-roading. The reason that I have an MTB for street use is the
>> nature of the roads here. Often they are un-improved and differing
>> levels which I feel could be more easily negotiated by a mountain bike
>> rather than a road/comfort bike. Given that I don't use it for actual
>> hardcore off-roading, are there any other considerations about
>> mounting a rear cargo rack on my MTB, other than it looking retarded?
>>
>> Michael J. Klein mklein@mousepotato.com
>
>You need to condider a new LBS.
Indeed. I remember the first time I walked into my local asking for
real full-coverage fenders. A guy looked at me blankly as if to say
"why would you want them?"
They are my local though; other shops are inconveniently far away.
The wrenches are better than the guys up front.
-Luigi
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