Product Overview
The VO Porteur Rack is a traditional-style rack as used on the famed Parisian newspaper delivery bikes. Those Parisian delivery bikes were reputed to carry as much as 110lbs (50kg) of newspapers on similar racks (of course the bikes had strengthened frames and forks, not just racks).
The Porteur Rack is made from strong stainless steel tubing and polished to a lovely shine. It won't rust like painted steel racks or fatigue and crack like aluminium racks. The quality is actually superior to that of many custom racks. In short, this is a real load-carrying rack, not an aluminium "style-rack". Yet total weight with rail, nuts, bolts, etc. is only 1.079kg.
The platform is 360mm x 290mm. A removable rail attachment is included and very handy for smaller packages.
The tangs are pre-drilled to fit 700c, 27", 26" and 650b bikes. There are four bosses for a light attachment. There is a boss for securing your fender to the rack -- no rattling! Please also note the elegant pannier/tie-down loops above the mounting tangs.
Mounting hardware is included. The Porteur Rack mounts to the dropout eyelet and the brake bolt (or fork crown hole). Max weight with this configuration is 11Kg. You can use the Straight Arms for Campeur Racks and a pair of P-clamps around the rack's tube if you are running super heavy loads and want more stability. You can load it up with 18Kg of gear if you use this configuration.
* We have a Porteur Rack thats missing the fitting kit, it will be supplied with the Rail and Rack Strut, but no bolts - Hence the discount*
