"Sorry, only just saw your reply! It has been tested on small frames too. In fact the lady in the video is 5'2" and is riding a small white specialized amira.Very cool - I'll put you on the list to get one of the first review units. Can you email the address. nick at tailfin dot cc. Also, would core77 be interested in following the journey I'm going through at the moment taking it from kickstarter through to mass manufacture including working overseas? The fact that the product contains pretty every manufacturing technique around could be interesting... Carbon, Forgings, CNC, Castings, Mouldings, Sheet metal, Pressings, Soft goods and standard parts.Cheers,Nick"

"Kat, your comments make perfect sense and being undecided without testing is completely understandable. I'm keen to send you a rack as soon as we have one off the moulds. In response to your biggest criticism - I'm not suggesting that you load up your road bike with 40lbs of gear. There are different use cases for Tailfin - you can load your road bike for commuting then whack it on your touring/cyclocross/hybrid bike and load it to the max. Alternatively, if you've only got 1 bike, then it gives you the option to make it more versatile by commuting during the day then going for an evening road ride on the same bike as it's quick release. It's designed to offer a different option to what's available at the moment - heavy, clunky, ugly racks that once attached never leave your bike, backpacks that make you sweat & seatpacks that swish and sway. Tailfin offers some big advantages but it really is horses for courses - it won't be everything to everyone but hopefully enough people think the same way as I do. We did a new video doing a 'head to head' against some of the different options. I'm curious to know what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaLHC8_mWI Nickp.s. The guy in the main video has size US13 feet and still clearance for bigger feet. Getting those angles 'just right' was part of the design process - we had a telescopic upper strut at one point but it didn't add much value."