I believe only the Travel and Ti's had alternator dropouts... My 2013 Vaya 2 does not have alternator dropouts.. As far as a rack any standard rear rack should work just fine. I bought mine used with a Tubus Cargo Evo that I replaced with a racktime Add-it rear rack as I like the double rails and am not sold enough on tubus to spend ~$150 on a rear rack when I can get a similar racktime rack for less then $40.