Commuting - Need help modifying rear pannier rack to fit SS!!!

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DucatiTorrey
05-11-11, 04:25 PM
Hey everyone, so im working on a small peugeot SS project for kicks. Basically a bar bike, but also for random rides through town with the wife.

A friend of mine also hooked be up with a free rear luggage / pannier rack.

but, it doesn't fit. I could just put the rack on my schwinn Mt Bike but, thats no fun.

i want something like this on the SS for trips downtown, or to the farmers market
http://www.rei.com/zoom/cc/d5969a56-1641-4d12-8bf4-ad85361c5b08.jpg/440

here is the problem.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/5711588944_771b51aa72_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/5711028341_f7a280dfc2_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/5711588412_e4a0898707_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/5711587582_2f19f2a7cf_b.jpg

i am totally open to modifying the rack itself, but not the bike. the bike has brazons on the low end, but not up top.

just realized too, i need to hook up the brake still too. crap.

any ideas?

any cheap racks out there like this one that i could use fuss free? like 20 bucks cheap?


thanks

Jim

JAG410
05-11-11, 04:34 PM
Some hardware store "p clamps" should fix ya up for about a dollar.
DucatiTorrey
05-11-11, 04:35 PM
would i need t cut the arms shorter for the new p clamps though? the arms are way too long, if i tipped it back to fit, i would look ridiculous, almost 30 degrees backward downslope right?

DucatiTorrey
05-11-11, 04:51 PM
i think i just may cut the arm down, grind two slides of each flat to fit into new p clamps, new paint and call it good, just gotta make sure the brake will fit still.

before shortening.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/5711649152_eb995c7ce9_b.jpg
waynesworld
05-11-11, 06:10 PM
It is strange that a rack would even be made without adjustable 'arms'. Wow.

But yes, I would cut down the arms and use P clamps. Or some sort of clamp. You'll need to drill holes in the arms to use P clamps, I believe. There must be some other sort of clamp which would not require you to do that.
unterhausen
05-11-11, 06:28 PM
that rack was made for mountain bikes.
DucatiTorrey
05-11-11, 06:40 PM
yeah it was made for mt bikes. just trying to get away with it. :) I was going to put it on my Ducati but that got a lot more weird looks...
fuzz2050
05-12-11, 11:57 AM
that rack was made for mountain bikes.

Not necessarily, my Trek 620 touring bike came with one just like that. A lot of those racks have non-adjustable arms because they were made to fit one particular frame.