Got a 4 day trip coming up in 3 weeks and I cannot decide between a couple racks. I have a Soma B side with Shimano hydro disc brakes. I will not be using panniers and I will be strapping compression bags and a tent on top of the rack. It will weigh much less than any of these racks max capacity. I am only interested in Blackburn racks in the $50 range and a few models are in my radar. I would like to hear opinions based on experience on these models if anyone who reads this has any. I cannot decide between the
BLACKBURN EX-1, the
BLACKBURN LOCAL STANDARD RACK, or the
BLACKBURN LOCAL DELUXE. I have lower and upper braze ons and it looks as if the EX1 comes with an included QR skewer for mounting on the QR and the others do not which I assume means they are designed to mount on the lower braze ons only? I do have a 9mm rear QR but it seems as if braze on mounting would be much simpler if I had to remove a tire. Can the EX1 also be mounted on a braze on or is it strictly for the QR? If I use blue loctite will I still have bolts vibrating out of the Local rack as it has more adjustability and more sliding/adjustable parts. Any help appreciated guys so I can get this ordered in time.