Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I remember those, if you had any weight on the rack and hit a bump, the clamp holding the rack would slip down the seatstays and jam against the brakes. If you had sidepulls, your brakes were locked up unless you brought some tools with you and nobody carried that set of tools on the bike.
There was a T-shape piece of metal that bolted to the rack and had a hole that went over the brake bolt to stop the rack from sliding down.
Cheers.