Originally Posted by 531Aussie
you coulda bought another road bike
lol. I don't ride the one I've got enough.
Originally Posted by climbo
how r you gonna put racks on it for touring?
There is plenty of dirt in NZ to ride so should be good for that.
Well, the thing has eyelets down the back near the dropouts, but nothing up the top near the seat tube so I was wondering the same. But the bike stop owner said you just rig it up to the seat clamp. Said he'd done it heaps before. Guess I've got to trust him. Seems like it might work okay.
As for the front, he rekons the Surly rigid fork he's getting me has eyelets for a front rack, but I had a look at the Surly site and I can't see any disc compatible forks that do. There's some with mudguard eyelets but not both. Unless you can run mudguards and racks off the one eyelet? Meh, I can see this is going to end in tears.
Originally Posted by Expatriate
He's only got one choice for racks. Topeak makes one for disc-equipped frames now. I just hope he has the threaded eyelets.
Eh? Don't I just bang my old $40 iron jobbie on it?
BTW, if you get time, find out what you sell them for so I can see if I did get a deal, or got gouged.
