Bor Yueh rear carrier

bob watkinson said:

Worth reporting here in case anyones googling for info on racks. We had
our Bor Yueh rear carrier fail on tour last week. It was heavilly
loaded for camp touring and whilst doing the bumpy coastal road around
Arran the left strut sheared through just above the fixing bolt. We
strapped it with teaspoons and bailing twine but the right hand strut
went the same way about 300miles . Fortunately we were able to do a
similar fix to keep going but in the far north of Scotland we could
have been high and dry. Think it will be a Blackburn carrier for the
replacement.

After several failures of aluminium racks, I've changed to using a
Tortec Expedition tubular stainless steel one, which seems to have
solved the problem. The last aluminium one which broke was a Blackburn
IIRC. The steel idea came about because of a C2C tour on which a friend
of mine had a cheap steel rack which didn't break despite the same
route, heavier loading, worse packing and his banzai riding style
whereas mine did. It cracked at one of the welds nearest the right
dropout. The Tortec was the cheapest tubular steel one I could find -
the Thorn one looks terrific made out of Reynolds 531, but just a little
too expensive for me.

JimP

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bob watkinson said:

Worth reporting here in case anyones googling for info on racks. We had
our Bor Yueh rear carrier fail on tour last week. It was heavilly
loaded for camp touring and whilst doing the bumpy coastal road around
Arran the left strut sheared through just above the fixing bolt. We
strapped it with teaspoons and bailing twine but the right hand strut
went the same way about 300miles . Fortunately we were able to do a
similar fix to keep going but in the far north of Scotland we could
have been high and dry. Think it will be a Blackburn carrier for the
replacement.

What a coincidence. Last Saturday my carrier struts (the ones that
fasten near the saddle rather than near the wheel) failed. Those
struts came from a Bor Yeuh carrier, though the carrier itself is a
different brand (I needed that shape to clear some other equipment). A
lash-up with bungie straps got us home.

PhilD

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Jim Price said:

bob watkinson wrote:

<snip virtures of steel over alu for racks>

Quoted message said:

The Tortec was the cheapest tubular steel one I could find -
the Thorn one looks terrific made out of Reynolds 531, but just a little
too expensive for me.

JimP

Jim,

A friend of mine bought a Thorn, fully racked up....

Quote from him: "the racks are built up using little 531 tubes and the
welding is a joy to behold - the Rolls-Royce of rear racks!" (although
he did point out that many people spend less on the bike than he did on
racks.)

M.

Quoted message said:

Jim,

A friend of mine bought a Thorn, fully racked up....

Quote from him: "the racks are built up using little 531 tubes and the
welding is a joy to behold - the Rolls-Royce of rear racks!" (although
he did point out that many people spend less on the bike than he did on
racks.)

I probably would have noticed that at the several exhibitions I've been
to with a Thorn stand if I hadn't been completely distracted by a fillet
brazed Reynolds 853 cyclosportif frame and a very engaging discussion
with Mr. Thorn himself.

JimP

--
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to
grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after
all. - DNA