NetworkMan wrote:mercalia wrote:what does triangulated mean? a picture of both would be useful?
Two of the struts meet the top of the rack close in to the middle so that viewed from the rear they form a triangle with the base at the bottom.
Edit: This Blackburn is an example. It's somewhat triangulated.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackburn-Expe ... B000NORUTM
IMO that's a weak triangle design as the angles are too acute with unbraced longer sections which increases chances of bending compared to the one that Mercalia has which is similar to my lightweight 'muddy fox' branded rack, thats likely from the early 90s and still going strong (it came on a bike I bought a dozen or so years ago)
I currently use a Tor-tec Velocity hybrid on my Globe Expert drop bar conversion which gets used for pretty much everything, though the narrower top does limit it in terms of strapping lawnmowers, childrens bikes and car wheels on it (which the Muddy Fox deals brilliantly with), it's rated to 25kg though taken more a fair few times without issue and gets loaded to 80% of its capacity fairly regularly.
If it breaks after 10 years I'm not going to be upset as it was £20 new, obviously if people want a 'proper'
rack that is rated to a higher load then get what suits your need but the whole non triangulation thing in terms of what you've pictured is no big deal and as I said what you did picture is weaker in any case IMO.