(NOTE 10/31/2016: Racktime no longer has a distributor in the USA) (NOTE 11/12/14: Since this review, Sky King has used these panniers a several trips and the performance was most excellent.) This is not really a review- I have not had a chance to actually use the Racktime Travel-It panniers yet- more like my impressions Read More
The bike "industry" has designed mental baggage for us to carry with us on our bike rides. The baggage of lightweight-extreme-beat-up -your -buddy-ism. The baggage that weighs down that latest, lightest, most expensive gear with the fear that, without said gear, other people might look down on us as if we are beginners. Can't really Read More
We just received the Tour-It rack and the Travel-It front and Travel-It rear panniers from Racktime for the Bike Touring News Store. Ortlieb, Tubus and Racktime all come from the same company with the Racktime products intended for those who don't want to pay Ortlieb and Tubus prices. Naturally, as with any new gear, I Read More
Like any good hermit, the Bike Hermit is constantly attempting to simplify. And why go on a bike tour if not, at least in part, to enjoy being unencumbered by unnecessary external superficialities, and by too much gear? The Italian impressionist Carlotti said"Beauty is a summation of the parts working together in such a way Read More
If you ship your bike home from the end point of your tour, you will probably have removed you seat post and saddle in order to fit the bike into whatever case you used. When you get home and are putting the bike back together you will want to end up with the saddle at Read More
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