Drawbar over rack clearance is a contentious issue for me, and I should have given this some thought before I made my current trailer hitch.

As you can see from my photos I often use rear panniers and I also have a small rack-pack for the top of the rack which I can not use when the trailer is installed.

The rack on my Falcon Explorer is not level, even though it was factory fitted, having about a 10 degree drop from the rear to front on it, and it also includesa lot of under rack to mudguard clearance.

Recently I have been considering building a new rear rack from Stainless steel tubing that:

1) Sits lower and level on the bicycle and is much closer to the mudguard.

2) Allows the fitting of my rack-pack and pannier bags

3) Allows my trailer to be hitched directly to the extreme rear of the new rack: although I would have to modify my trailer's drawbar to suit.

4) Has a couple of easy access and removable frames for the two 0.5 litre capacity Stainless steel hot drink flasks that Lois & I often use on days out (the flasks do not fit into standard bottle frames.

Like I said, I have thought about it, but still have to get around to doing anything about it. Knowing me, and how busy I am at the moment I'll forget about it until it is too late to enjoy the benefits of it during this coming summer.