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Old 11-18-16, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulRivers
It looks to me like the Specialized Allez has a rear hole for a rack mount -
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bi...llez-e5/106308

Lately it seems that Specialized has been putting in the rack mount hole near the dropout so you can mount a rack, but then doesn't put the upper mounts on the bike so that it looks "clean" for the people who want to look like a racer. There's a simple solution though, you buy a seatpost clamp that has a rack mounting point built into it like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/XLC-Alloy-Sea...seatpost+mount
My wife had a dolche and it had rack mounts but the top ones are buried behind the brakes and it would take some creativity with bending of the rack braces but it would work.
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bi...d/dolce/115186

You may want to call around to a local performance bike and see if they have a fuji touring in your size and even better a year or two old and it will be comfortably in your price range.
Fuji Touring Road Bike -- 2017
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