Originally Posted by
hockey
Just finished a 3 week tour of Ireland. Used a 2004 Giant carbon road bike for my wife. Used a skewer rack from Niagara Cycle, swapped out rear cassette and derailleur for deore long cage and 11-32 cassette. Worked great with 2 small panniers and a trunk bag. Had to use Marathon 25 on the rear, but was able to fit a 28 on the front. Just be certain to wrap the frame for transport in the bike box.
The complicating factor in his case is the use of disc brakes on the rear. That requires a rethink on the skewer rack arrangement because of the distance required to clear the disc (if you look at normal retail racks that attack to an eyelet, they have "wings" that move the bottom of the leg out an inch or more).