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11-15-11 | 08:16 AM

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bud16415

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From: Erie Penna.

Your rack is defiantly a mismatch for your bike. I have modified a lot of racks to lower them and every one I have on my bikes is barely off the tire. All the space below the rack is wasted IMO. Besides that the lower you place weight the more stable it is. If heel strike is an issue then move the rack back a little. The simple solution would be to get a rack with an adjustable leg as posted above. I have used these and they are ridged. I have bent and tweaked a few also to get them lower. Yours may be able to be bent at the bottom where the two rods become one. Bending that single rod forward will lower the rack and also move it back. I can post a photo of one I did that to, but in your case that might still not be enough. Depending on how handy you are you could cut both rods apart above the weld and flatten them and drill new mounting holes and attach them lapped with a single bolt, or something like that.

Below are photos of how a low rack is better for a taller load.

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