Originally Posted by
himespau
Wow, $3? That's amazing. Great find.
+1, that's a killer score!
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
The u-clamps are used when there aren't mid-fork eyelets.
The mid-fork eyelets are typically in a fairly standard location and all the rack manufacturers know about them.
Maybe, the positioning of the eyelets on your bike isn't standard.
The Axium rack should work with them too.
The problem with the Axiom and Blackburn is that the upper mount tab has a horizontal slot, and it's well above the mid-blade eyelets. The Jandd works without adapters because the tab has a vertical slot, so it lines up with the eyelet at some point. The vertical slot type rack won't work with u-bolt adapters, but the Tubus mid-fork adapters will work with those racks.
I was surprised to learn about this when I picked up this rack (forgot the brand) for my Schwinn, the horizontal slot is about 2 inches too high. The rack needs the adapters on two other touring bikes I've tried.
