Looking at the bike I'm guessing you went up because the seat stay was too low so the front brackets wouldn't reach? it looks similar to my wife's which is why I mentioned that, hers the seat stay was too low so when I extended the front all the way the rack was still angled forward and since we put a child seat on it. I made a bracket that connected to the frame then the seat stays and went up higher to make the rack mounts the same height as the stay on my bike.