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The sort of thing I was looking for but a bit on the large side for my needs.

Probably more useful to someone touring off the beaten track as looks easy to repair. Not sure about the Blackburn in this respect but hopefully won't have to put this to the test.

Brian

Thanks for the information.

I have applied to join the other 4 members!!!

Brian

I find clipping easier than unclipping personally. I think you do need to be fully focused as I find I am more likely to have a problem when I'm tired and not thinking too fast and also if I am wearing a rucksack in which case the extra top weight seems to bring you to earth more quickly. Mine first...

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19419&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=exustar See this previous thread. I toured with the original exustars last August after buying them online. Fortunately a perfect fit and use them almost all the time now although sometime use S...

Thanks again for the good advice. I have now gone for the Blackburn rack and Ortlieb panniers which seem to fit OK. I take the point about not overloading the front but feel that packing light stuff in the front panniers with just the small tent on top should be OK and will give more space at the ba...

Thanks for that I think that's what I'm looking for.

I'll need to investigate the side racks.

Brian

I was hoping my small tent could be carried on the top with the panniers on the side.

Looking now it seems that that won't happen with the Custom as the racks would be too low down or am I wrong.

The idea is to reduce the height on the back rack which caused problems last year.

Brian

Many thanks for the comments. The tent is only 2.4 kg so should be OK providing there is sufficient clearance. The CB Regent has threaded bosses on both sides so I will probably go with the Customs. Brian PS I always post on the open forum because there may be others with the same question who didn'...

Can anyone explain the difference between the Custom and Standard Blackburn Low Rider Front Racks please.

I prefer the look of the Custom but just wonder if I could carry my tent on it as there does not appear to be anything keeping the two sides apart other than the wheel.

Thanks

Brian

http://www.godfrey.co.uk/productviewer.php?selproduct=105&Submit=Go

Try here. There are different types.

Brian

I second panniers. When I go camping I load the panniers and the rack and then for the outward and inward journeys (I usual go for a fixed base) I carry the excess in a normal backpack. Not only is it not particularly comfortable but it makes your centre of gravity so much higher so that when you ca...

I've also experienced this kind of bizzarre behaviour. Me too. I was camping in Hadrians Wall campsite (can really recommend this. is in Cool Camping book and the facilities out of this world including sauna) in March last year and was the only camper on the site. I went out for the day and came ba...

I love those campsites (usually on the Continent & away from resorts) where you get a private hedged emplacement for each pitch, so much better than almost rubbing shoulders with fellow campers I was embarrassed by the size of last year's pitch in Normandy!! Brian http://forum.ctc.org.uk/userpi...

Like this. Brittany last August. Bike is locked and covered with a Halford's bike cover overnight.

Brian

Odd that I left a pannier full of waterproofs and lights on the bike but they didn't take the contents. Strange that I once used to cycle to the railway station on a really heavy old bike which I had converted from drops to straight bars and always worried that it would be really easy to unbuckle a...