I know you said you didn't want a rack but...assuming you do not have any weird attachment points on the bike for the rack to bolt onto, its only a quick 4 bolts to pop off when you do not want it on there. I just took mine off the old grocery bike in about 2 two minutes the other day bc I was curious to see if I could stick with a cycling group on it. I threw it back on the bike as soon as I got home just as easy