mark d

need to buy a rear rack for a panasonic dx-5000 road bike. must play nice with panniers. no mounts on bike. any suggestions would be appreciated

yes i realize this is not the ideal bike for touring but that's what i got and as patton said "a bad plan executed today is better then a good plan tomorrow"

thks

i probably should have put this in the touring forum. doing so now

dsbrantjr

You could make mounting points by putting Adel clamps around the stays. I would suggest the stainless band over the aluminum, definitely NOT plastic P-clamps. I would suggest putting them down where the stay meets the dropout so that they cannot slide down further. They are available many places, here is one: https://www.mcmaster.com/adel-clamps/

Litespud

If expense isn't a consideration, you could invest in a Tailfin system - beautiful but pricey. One day....
In the meantime, I fitted a standard Blackburn rack to my De Bernardi road frame, which I built into a single-speed runabout. The frame had no rack fittings, but the rear dropouts have small triangular cutouts above the horizontal dropouts themselves. I fabricated small Al inserts that fitted into the cutouts, shaped inner and outer Al plates then drilled a hole for a mounting bolt through the Outer Plate-Insert-Inner Plate "sandwich" - rock solid and completely reversible (ie no damage to the frame). I attached the front of the rack to the seat stays using steel P-clamps supplied with the rack. In this instance, it was a little finicky fitting these around the rear brake, but it worked out. When I have some time, I may figure out attaching the front of the rack higher up on the stays, but it's OK for now. One thing to be aware of with a road bike, which tends to have shorter chain stays, is the issue of heel strike with panniers. I use a top-mounted bag so it's not as issue for me, but I'm pretty sure a pannier mounted on my rack would snag my heel. I would suggest mounting your rack as far aft as possible to ensure that your panniers are sufficiently back for your heels

Crankycrank

Another option is the Tubus quick release lower rack mount https://www.tubus.com/en/products/ac...-axle-mounting And for the upper rack stays a seat tube collar rack mount. https://www.google.com/search?q=seat...hrome&ie=UTF-8

steve sumner

Blackburn used to make adapters that filled the triangle section of your dropout which
you then bolted a rack to. might be able to find some on ebay

mark d

thks guys...hey litespud, well done sir, well done

mitchmellow62

2 examples of rack built to mount without eyelets or braze ons. There are probably more:

https://www.amazon.com/Dirza-Bicycle...language=en_US

https://www.amazon.com/Thule-Pack-Pe...language=en_US

There's also this seat post adaptor which could be combined with the already mentioned adel clamps:

https://www.amazon.com/M-Wave-Seatpo...language=en_US

CyclingFool95 

I've used something like one of these with a small trunk bag on my Litespeed. I forget what brand mine is but I've had it for at least twnety years.

https://www.rei.com/product/697096/t...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

I've seen ones that have the panier arms on them too.

icemilkcoffee 

https://www.biketiresdirect.com/prod...-dlx-rear-rack