Hi, new to the forums, looking forward to participating here as I learn more.

I got a new bike, it's been years since I had one. I searched but didn't find an answer to this specific question..

I have a bontrager rack on a 15" Trek 7100. I also have a trailer hitch mounted so I had to mount the rack post by the wheel in the rear mount. I'm curious if that is structurally sound, or if that's bad news. It seemed like the front hle would be more appropriate, but not possible with the trailer hitch mount.

Being the bike is a 15" it didn't have seat stays, so I mounted a mono stay adapter. Not to the seatpost though, is the location and setup in the image below okay? I didn't want it on the seatpost since I want to be able to ajdust the seat when I put the bike on the hitch rack on our vab (using an adapter bar so it sits level on the hitch rack).

So, some pics to show what I did. I think I'm okay, but wanted to check what others think. Thanks, Tim