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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
Metal mules arn't as good as people say. I'd say their quick release system is a massive NEGATIVE as if you bend, knock or damage it, you can't get the box on the bike. That "system" is too fragile with too many working parts for me. It's clever but made for "the look" rather than the job.
I know by experience !
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Ooooh Teddy Ted Ted... I just can't let that go...
These Metal Mules have done 50,000 miles across Africa and the Americas, and I suspect they have another 50,000 in them. They've been in several inadvertent non-vertical excuse-me's, including being ripped off the racks on both sides in the Sahara and Ruta 40.
The quick-release has needed screwing back on once or twice, and the rack on one side is slightly bent from a surprise visit to a ditch in Panama, but everything still works perfectly. They shoved a bus out of the way in Cartagena with a firm elegance.
However!!!! Now they're so unbelievably expensive I'd have to buy something else, and obviously the fact that mine are magnificent doesn't negate Ted's experience with them.
I've definitely saved myself some bruising (at least) in the leg department by having them on.
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