Originally Posted by
jshorr
Just heard from my LBS. The Topeak Super Tourist I ordered seems to be out of stock everywhere.
They told me they could get the disc brake version and that it would attach fine... Any thought on this? Will it work? Will it look strange?
fify
The short answer is it will look fine either way. The Topeak racks that are disc compatible have built-in spacers that push the vertical legs outward from the dropout eyelets, whereas the regular rack legs go directly to the dropout eyelets.
Links might be better than my feeble attempt to write...
It looks like these are the racks you are referring to.
Non-disc:
http://www.topeak.com/products/Racks...tDXTubularRack
Disc:
http://www.topeak.com/products/Racks...bularRack_disc
As a side note, there are many other racks out there, so don't feel constrained by your LBS. That particular Topeak is a nice rack for sure, but others exist.