Pannier Rack for Carbon Bike
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Pannier Rack for Carbon Bike
Hi All,
After some advice. I will doing a 2 day ride (Devon Coast to Coast) in a few weeks. I have a Cannondale Evosix Carbon frame bike without eyelets to mount a pannier rack.
I consulted with my local bike shop as I have seen mounts that connect to the rear axle mounts or aftermarket Thule mounts that connect to the frame. They advised I shouldn't use this as it will put too much load on the frame as it's Carbon.
I am looking for a solution that will enable me to mount 1 or 2 Pannier Bags with a load of no more than 15kg, most likely 10kg, Can anyone advise if the below would be suitable?
Thule Pack 'n Pedal Tour Rack (can't post a URL to it)
Not wanting to go against the advice of the local bike shop but also thinking their advice is cautious and that my frame should be able to support such a solution. Thanks
After some advice. I will doing a 2 day ride (Devon Coast to Coast) in a few weeks. I have a Cannondale Evosix Carbon frame bike without eyelets to mount a pannier rack.
I consulted with my local bike shop as I have seen mounts that connect to the rear axle mounts or aftermarket Thule mounts that connect to the frame. They advised I shouldn't use this as it will put too much load on the frame as it's Carbon.
I am looking for a solution that will enable me to mount 1 or 2 Pannier Bags with a load of no more than 15kg, most likely 10kg, Can anyone advise if the below would be suitable?
Thule Pack 'n Pedal Tour Rack (can't post a URL to it)
Not wanting to go against the advice of the local bike shop but also thinking their advice is cautious and that my frame should be able to support such a solution. Thanks
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Hi All,
After some advice. I will doing a 2 day ride (Devon Coast to Coast) in a few weeks. I have a Cannondale Evosix Carbon frame bike without eyelets to mount a pannier rack.
I consulted with my local bike shop as I have seen mounts that connect to the rear axle mounts or aftermarket Thule mounts that connect to the frame. They advised I shouldn't use this as it will put too much load on the frame as it's Carbon.
I am looking for a solution that will enable me to mount 1 or 2 Pannier Bags with a load of no more than 15kg, most likely 10kg, Can anyone advise if the below would be suitable?
Thule Pack 'n Pedal Tour Rack (can't post a URL to it)
Not wanting to go against the advice of the local bike shop but also thinking their advice is cautious and that my frame should be able to support such a solution. Thanks
After some advice. I will doing a 2 day ride (Devon Coast to Coast) in a few weeks. I have a Cannondale Evosix Carbon frame bike without eyelets to mount a pannier rack.
I consulted with my local bike shop as I have seen mounts that connect to the rear axle mounts or aftermarket Thule mounts that connect to the frame. They advised I shouldn't use this as it will put too much load on the frame as it's Carbon.
I am looking for a solution that will enable me to mount 1 or 2 Pannier Bags with a load of no more than 15kg, most likely 10kg, Can anyone advise if the below would be suitable?
Thule Pack 'n Pedal Tour Rack (can't post a URL to it)
Not wanting to go against the advice of the local bike shop but also thinking their advice is cautious and that my frame should be able to support such a solution. Thanks
I really don't know if these limitations still apply to the more modern carbon bikes.
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For light touring on a light bike, you might consider bikepacking bags instead of rack/panniers.
There's also the Tailfin rack/system. https://www.tailfin.cc/
There's also the Tailfin rack/system. https://www.tailfin.cc/
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Axiom makes a rack which attaches to your QR Skewers and you can replace your seatpost clamp with one that accepts rack mounts. Salsa also makes a adapter which clamps to your seatpost for rack mount.
Tailfin is a awesome solution and would be my choice although a bit more expensive.
There are lots of solutions you could find online best to research for yourself. This is not a big deal and has been done by thousands before you. Putting this to BF will expose you to all sorts of mayhem ranging from you are on a one way death mission to buy some gear clamps and crank away. Good luck.
Tailfin is a awesome solution and would be my choice although a bit more expensive.
There are lots of solutions you could find online best to research for yourself. This is not a big deal and has been done by thousands before you. Putting this to BF will expose you to all sorts of mayhem ranging from you are on a one way death mission to buy some gear clamps and crank away. Good luck.
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The benefit of CF--You can drill eyelets in dropouts--and mounting holes in the seat stays. Go for it
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+1 for the Tailfin. They are very light and turn any CF road bike that doesn't have actual mounts into actual light touring bikes and I've even gone credit card road bikepacking with it. You do have to buy the side pannier bags, get the ultralight and not the durable ones because they are heavier. You can use normal pannier mounts but you will need to protect it from metal pannier mounts and you have to have fenders to use non Tailfins.. The ultralight mounts are neater, but I sometimes use my green guru backpack and just through a thin sheet of rubber on top of the rack and it's fine. It does sit a little higher than I prefer and my rack actually doesn't sit exactly horizontal, depending on the geometry of the frame. That's the important thing. Do your measurements if you go this route. I thought I got it right and had to get extra parts to get it near horizontal. But it's worth is and the security bolts do work since some idiot is try to pry it off my bike while it was parked unattended. The pricing is expensive for a rack, but it's light and makes a road bike semi practical, so that's something!
For light touring on a light bike, you might consider bikepacking bags instead of rack/panniers.
There's also the Tailfin rack/system. https://www.tailfin.cc/
There's also the Tailfin rack/system. https://www.tailfin.cc/
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Axiom makes a rack which attaches to your QR Skewers and you can replace your seatpost clamp with one that accepts rack mounts. Salsa also makes a adapter which clamps to your seatpost for rack mount.
Tailfin is a awesome solution and would be my choice although a bit more expensive.
There are lots of solutions you could find online best to research for yourself. This is not a big deal and has been done by thousands before you. Putting this to BF will expose you to all sorts of mayhem ranging from you are on a one way death mission to buy some gear clamps and crank away. Good luck.
Tailfin is a awesome solution and would be my choice although a bit more expensive.
There are lots of solutions you could find online best to research for yourself. This is not a big deal and has been done by thousands before you. Putting this to BF will expose you to all sorts of mayhem ranging from you are on a one way death mission to buy some gear clamps and crank away. Good luck.