Rack on steel road bike?
07-31-11, 04:01 PM
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Rack on steel road bike?
Been wanting to go on a longer ride this summer (~5 days) to try out some light touring. Unfortunately i only have a bunch of steel road bikes without eyelets for racks.
Does anyone here have experience in mounting a rear rack with clips/clamps on a vintage steel road bike? Will the rack/clips hold the weight of a rack with panniers?
Thoughts/advice appreciated.
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Does anyone here have experience in mounting a rear rack with clips/clamps on a vintage steel road bike? Will the rack/clips hold the weight of a rack with panniers?
Thoughts/advice appreciated.
I've
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Seatpost rack. Easy to put on, robust hardware, positions panniers higher for heel clearance, and behind your body for less drag. Here's the one I got, there are "teeth" on the clamp to keep it from from rotating.
https://www.axiomgear.com/products/ge...-dlx-seatpost/
https://www.axiomgear.com/products/ge...-dlx-seatpost/
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lots of ways to do it.
If you have conventional old fashioned dropouts with a triangle shaped hole you can attach them through there with the appropriate washer/screw/spacer. If not p-clamps on the bottom with same up top. The issue isn't whether the p-clamps can carry the weight, they can, it's whether your bike/wheels can carry panniers on the back and not handle like crap. I'd be more inclined to put a rack on the back with gear piled up to the back of the seat and if you need panniers put on low riders and small panniers up front.
If you have conventional old fashioned dropouts with a triangle shaped hole you can attach them through there with the appropriate washer/screw/spacer. If not p-clamps on the bottom with same up top. The issue isn't whether the p-clamps can carry the weight, they can, it's whether your bike/wheels can carry panniers on the back and not handle like crap. I'd be more inclined to put a rack on the back with gear piled up to the back of the seat and if you need panniers put on low riders and small panniers up front.
