My rack is a standard run of the mill rack, not one with the odd bottoms of the legs to push it further out. Such a rack would not be needed on a Backroad because the disc unit is on the chainstay, not on the seatstay. You can see in the photo below that the rack and brake are not anywhere near each other.



Lynskey occasionally sells frames on Ebay. And I bought mine on Ebay. Before I had my frame in my possession, when I asked questions about the frame by e-mail, Lynskey would ask what my serial number was, which I of course had no clue about. And the Ebay photos were older, showed the older style of disc mount. So, after I won the auction, I ordered the parts I needed including a post mount disc brake. Lynskey sent me a frame with a flat mount brake.

You will note in the photo that there are three bolts that go through the chainstay to hold a brake mount and they sent me a mount that differed from the photos. Lynskey then sent me a mount like in the photo so that I could install the brake, but that mount interfered with the bolts on the hub that hold the disc to the hub, thus the wheel would not turn. At ths point the clear lack of quality control for designing the brake mount gave me some significant concerns. On the next try, Lynskey got it right and sent me a functional brake mount. But by then almost a month had passed after I had paid for it. There were some other hiccups in our communications too, but the rear brake mount and the incorrect photos on Ebay were the main points. If you are curious, I got a great deal on the frame, that is one reason that I was much happier with Lynskey once I had a chance to start riding the bike. And now a year later, I am still very happy with the bike.

I am considering moving the rack to the lower mounting point where my fender is mounted, but that is a low priority right now. Will probably do it before my next trip on the Lynskey. For riding around town, I am not using that rear rack, instead I am using a smaller lighter duty Nitto rack that has a lower platform on it. And my next tour will likely be with my Thorn Nomad because that tour will be on a lot of gravel. Plus, my next trip will be internationals and my Nomad has S&S couplers which reduce my international air transport costs by a lot. So, I am not sure when I will get around to taking the Lynskey on another trip.

I expect you are getting a flat mount for your disc, that should work fine too. My Lynskey frame and yours probably are almost matching for specifications but I think yours will have a conical shape headtube where mine is cylindrical.

It is a touring bike and I like touring bikes that are robust, reliable, easily repairable and with components that are easy to replace. Thus, I use a square taper crank, rear hub that has quarter inch steel ball bearings, eight speed chain, bar end shifters, etc. I think my rear derailleur is from the 1990s. So, our final builds will be quite different from each other. And although I considered going light weight on many components, I used Dyad rims which are not exactly light either.




One more suggestion, there was no form of chain stay protector on the Lynskey when I got it. I put a piece of electrical tape on it as you will note in the above photo. Costs nothing (I already had a roll of tape) but looks nice.