Originally Posted by
Glynis27
I have that rack as well. I have only used panniers on it once, but I have ridden the bike while sitting on the rack. It seems plenty strong.
It is made to be mounted on the QR skewer, but I tried that and didn't like it because I couldn't remove the rear wheel without taking the rack off first. I instead mounted it on the dropout eyelets. I'll give it a better workout next year.
I have this rack as well; I was able to wiggle the rear hub out by unbolting one of the arms and working the hub out slowly - definitely a pain, but doable roadside with wrench and multitool.
I also found that it interfered with my cascadia fenders - the narrowness of the rack and its location on my bike (paddy wagon - it has relatively short chainstays) meant that the nuts that hold the fender stays in place interfered with the arms of the rack.
Otherwise it's great - plenty of heel clearance, which is predominately why I bought it.