Rear rack mounting on a basic mountain bike?
12-06-07, 07:07 PM
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Rear rack mounting on a basic mountain bike?
Hello,
Looking at rear racks from Nashbar.com...
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...All%20Products
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I'm at a loss if they are mountable on a generic Rockhopper mountain bike. Not familiar with the brackets but is there special mounting required for the rock? The difference between touring and regular bikes perhaps. Not sure.
Thanks,
Marska
Looking at rear racks from Nashbar.com...
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...All%20Products
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...All%20Products
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...All%20Products
I'm at a loss if they are mountable on a generic Rockhopper mountain bike. Not familiar with the brackets but is there special mounting required for the rock? The difference between touring and regular bikes perhaps. Not sure.
Thanks,
Marska
12-06-07, 10:32 PM
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You'll have to look and see if there are eyelets for a rack on each end of the seat stays (the tubes that extend diagonally down from the seat clamp to where the rear wheel attaches to the bike). You can get by without the top eyelets by using a clamp (which I've never heard great things about) or buy a rack or kit that attaches a rack to the rear brake bosses (if you have rear brake bosses).
I don't know about the new Rockhoppers, but the older steel Rockhoppers (rigid or front suspension) had both sets of eyelets except maybe the top of the line model designed for racing. You should be fine using a rack made for mountain bikes or an adjustable rack. The adjustable racks should fit a mountain bike and has extending legs to adapt to road bikes and hybrids.
I used the adjustable Nashbar LDT rack, and it held up fine. If I recall correctly, it came with clamps in case a bike didn't have the top eyelets. The other thing about the LDT is you can mount a taillight on the rack.
If you post a picture of your bike, it'll be easier to tell.
I don't know about the new Rockhoppers, but the older steel Rockhoppers (rigid or front suspension) had both sets of eyelets except maybe the top of the line model designed for racing. You should be fine using a rack made for mountain bikes or an adjustable rack. The adjustable racks should fit a mountain bike and has extending legs to adapt to road bikes and hybrids.
I used the adjustable Nashbar LDT rack, and it held up fine. If I recall correctly, it came with clamps in case a bike didn't have the top eyelets. The other thing about the LDT is you can mount a taillight on the rack.
If you post a picture of your bike, it'll be easier to tell.
