The advantages / disadvantages of using a rack for holding luggages has been discussed before. But after offroading a lot in Africa, there is one advantage that I have not seen mentioned: using a luggage rack with a metal loop that goes behind the rear tire is really great for deep sand riding.
When you get stuck in the sand, you just need to go behind the bike, grab that metal loop, lift the rear end of the bike to remove the rear wheel from the sand hole. You are good to go in no time. It is so much faster than digging with your hands under the bike. Of course, this works better if you ride a 650cc or less bike and your are in ok shape. The legs are doing the work.
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