Road Book Holder

[Ni3ous]

Does anybody have any experience with Free to Ride Road books?


http://www.f2r.pt/epages/f2r.sf/en_G...ucts/RB730-001











We might need it this year, so I am looking for electrical road book.
Any other electrical would do.
It must be big enough to use 145 mm wide road book.
If someone know for some used ones, also interested.

Please for some answers. Thank you.

[schattat]

Talk to inmate "Hayduke". I believe he's got quite a bit of knowledge on these things!

[LukasM]

There were also a couple of group buys in the Aussie forum last year, feedback has been very positive from what I have seen.

Definitely a good value for the money.

[heinvdm]

The two most popular roadbook holders are from MD and Touratech. The most popular choice being the MD one as it works with rubber bands and urban legend has it that it is more reliable than the Touratech. Most of this opinion is based on Touratech roadbooks from a few years back that had plastic gears that made them prone to failure. The later Touratech roadbooks have metal gears and are very reliable.

Both are available on the the web for purchase, google them :

Toratech
MD

The roadbook holder discussion has happened a few times on ADVRider, search for the threads as some also discuss the Free-To-Ride roadbook.

[Hayduke]

Originally Posted by schattat

Talk to inmate "Hayduke". I believe he's got quite a bit of knowledge on these things!

Yes, I have the F2r roadbook holder- I have used it probably 6 days of roadbook rides, plus probably 20 days of practice with it on the bike, and I've had zero problems with it. Also talk to Neduro; he's used them all and recently got rid of a MD in favor of the F2r. It simply works, and the price is very reasonable.

I also noticed that Tina Meier is using one in Dakar, so it's good enough for me.

[Ni3ous]

Thanks guys.

MD and Touratech are too expensive if buying new.
Would buy MD or TT second handed for that value as Free to Ride new.
So if someone know for any, just let me know.
Did check Amazon, Ebay... none for sale... :(

[lastplace]

We've used the F2R in our Rally Schools without any trouble. I think they are fine, even for a long rally.

MD is the gold standard and most people use them on rallies so you can always find spare parts when racing. MD did a minor re-design this year so that the MD can now handle very big roadbooks better.

(I have MDs and F2Rs in stock now.)

The touratech roadbook reader is junk, in my opinion. I used one in a rally in Tunisia, and one of our customers had one in the Dakar. We've also ridden practice routes with plenty of people using touratech roadbooks. Everyone had reliability issues with the touratech roadbooks.

[zenjen]

Just checked out your new site Charlie. Nice! -

[italrally]

Originally Posted by lastplace

We've used the F2R in our Rally Schools without any trouble. I think they are fine, even for a long rally.

MD is the gold standard and most people use them on rallies so you can always find spare parts when racing. MD did a minor re-design this year so that the MD can now handle very big roadbooks better.

(I have MDs and F2Rs in stock now.)

The touratech roadbook reader is junk, in my opinion. I used one in a rally in Tunisia, and one of our customers had one in the Dakar. We've also ridden practice routes with plenty of people using touratech roadbooks. Everyone had reliability issues with the touratech roadbooks.

The KTM rally department, BMW, Yamaha France and David Casteu Sherco are using MD roadbooks since years.
For the MD you get every detail part you need. It is so easy to handle, an alluminium box and a swiss engine are the main parts. MD sold 2010 about 450 roadbooks.
The Touratech roadbook holder is not a good one, you can't it repair by your self. About the F2R i don't know nothing.

Ask me for a good price for new MD roadbooks !!!

[schattat]

Originally Posted by lastplace

MD did a minor re-design this year so that the MD can now handle very big roadbooks better.

Not exactly from MD, but a replica that my Portugese friend (who just happens to be running 4th overall in Dakar ATM) told me about and is running on his bike.





For 180€ it's a real bargain!!!

Originally Posted by lastplace

The touratech roadbook reader is junk, in my opinion. I used one in a rally in Tunisia, and one of our customers had one in the Dakar. We've also ridden practice routes with plenty of people using touratech roadbooks. Everyone had reliability issues with the touratech roadbooks.

Yeah, just watch Charley Boorman's "Race To Dakar". Even on day 1 you can see how messed up their reader is
Plus I've seen many a TT reader that has worn out metal gears from being chewed up from sand getting through