ieandro

For you fixed gear commuters out there .. does anyone know of a rear rack that will fit bikes that do not have eyelets for traditional rear racks ? I have a debernardi frame which is only drilled for brakes and nothing else. For example, are there racks that mount through the seat post collar and axle nuts?

I've been riding my bike on the daily and realize there are some days where i need to lug around some things that would not normally fit in my bag, but I also would like the conveniece of easy removal when need to.

blickblocks

You could get a seatpost-clamp quick release rack and possibly mount it on the seattube (for extra strength, they're designed for MTB's with the huge seatposts). Or you could just go to a hardware store and get some U-clamps and put them on your seatstays.

ianjk

My bike is a conversion with horizontal dropout with the eyletes on the dropouts, but no braze-ons. I rigged up two hose clamps on the brake bridge, with a chunk of tube underneith to protect the paint and use an old QR skewer through the rack mounts and hose clamps to hold the top on.... looks ghetto as heck, but beats having to haul loads on your back.

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llalagen

p clamps on the seat stays are definitely the way to go,... quick release anything just means one more part that you have to lock up.

MrCjolsen

I've wondered if you could do this. My rear wheel has a nutted axle that's hollow. If you got a long quick release, like from a tandem, and ran it through the axel (after tightening the lugs, of course,) - would that hold a rack? You would have to spread the rack out, but that's easy to do. You would have to remove the rack whenever you removed the rear wheel, but that would only be a medium grade pain in the ass.

Come to think of it, you wouldn't even need a quick release. Hardware stores sell threaded rods. get a diameter that fits through the axel and cut to the desired length. Run the rod through the quick release and the rack eyelets.

For the top, they sell seatpost clamps that have you can attach a rack to. Or go to the brake bolt.

ianjk

Only the top is on the QR, you would still have to unbolt the bottom mounts.

Plus, if I had to... running my cable around one more thing isn't too hard.

mander

I would just consider drilling and tapping a pair of holes in your rear dropouts, if you can find the space somewhere. Even the tapping is unnecessary since you could run a nylock nut on the other side. This setup will look a lot better and function a lot smoother than either some funny clamps or something that comes off every time your wheel does.

hockeyteeth

They make racks which are mounted with an "L" shaped bracket at the brake bridge. You would just have to find a way to anchor the legs to the axel or something. I just tied the legs to the fork ends with bailing wire once and it held up fine for the day.

Seatpost rack would be the easiest, but they have 25 pound limits.

caloso

Rivendell has a bunch of small parts for attaching racks to bikes without mounts:

https://www.rivbike.com/webalog/baggage_racks/20016.html

clayborne

i rode with a quick release rack for about a year. I broke it 2 weeks ago in a fixed coastal camping ride. I would check the weight limits carefully, mine maxed out at 17 pounds or something. It was cheap and had it for a year, and being able to take it on an off with ease was a huge blessing. Scratches carbon seatposts really easily.

fatbat

The debernardi has nice burly dropouts. I would just take the bike to a shop, and have them drill and tap threaded holes for the rack into the dropout.

I like the tubus fly rack- it has a really secure mount to the rear brake drilling, and you should be able to run it with lower p-clamps if you don't want to add rack mounts to the frame.

Note that you'll probably have problems with heel strike using big panniers on a track bike- look for small ones, or ones with a anti-heelstrike shape.

Moto-Velo

I've got this. It's fantastic.



It came with four p-clamps, so the top struts don't need to attach to rack eyelets.

mander

That's hot.

joshuastar

oooh ahhh...any more info? model number? where you found it?

caloso

VERY nice.

Moto-Velo

The rack is a Nitto R15, which you can find here. I got it from my LBS of choice, though. If you click on the "Sheldon" link in my sig you can see my townie bike with that rack mounted. My townie does have dropout eyelets, but not seatstay rack eyelets.

Bikkhu

I quite like Tubus racks. I have the "Fly" model on my CrossCheck

https://www.tubus.net/eng/index.php

dystaind

just recently got a rack from REI. They have special clamps for the back if you don't have the braze-on's. they cost me $1.00 for 2... but they fit nicely-- had plastic sheaths to prevent paint scratching, and just went through a 300+ mile ride with 30 lbs. on the back and no problems.

the rack I got was the topeak explorer... ran about $28. hope that helps.

Moto-Velo

Agreed with Tubus racks. The Fly and Luna are super hot. I like them because they're slim and minimalist. My geared roadie has a Luna (Grant in the sig).

dutret

how much weight does that nitto hold?

joshuastar

nice. thanks alot.

Grand Bois

Find one of the old Jim Blackburn racks that attaches to the rear brake bolt. It's a good way to cover that ugly hole if you don't run a rear brake. Just use a 6mm bolt and nut. I paid $10 each for the ones on my wife's bikes.

Moto-Velo

Not sure about weight capacity on the Nitto rack. The construction is pretty solid tubular steel. I think the weak point would be the lower mounting struts, though, so its flexibility in mounting options comes at a price. The most I've had on it so far is maybe twenty pounds. No complaints whatsoever at that point. Though I do have to say that my Tubus Luna rack feels MUCH more solid. Its posted weight limit is 40 pounds. I think it could probably handle more, but honestly I wouldn't want to be carrying that much weight around.

dynaryder

Axiom has some nice stuff:
https://www.axiomgear.com/index_2.php

One of their seatpost racks will handle panniers and 55lbs.

ieandro

Excellent !

I dont plan on any kind of drilling on my frame so I will have to use p-clamps on the top and bottom struts.