I picked up a Topeak MTX BeamRack at the LBS the other day and installed it this morning before the commute. In doing so, I've added more weight to an already rear-heavy bike, (the IGH is heavy) but oh well. It doesn't spend much time airborne, so balance isn't as important. It has a built-in rubber cord, so if the MTX bag isn't brought along, the rack can still be used.



It clamps onto the seatpost with a 4 mm Allen bolt and two sets of clamp pads in different thicknesses are provided. I wound up using a thick one for one side and a thin one for the other. This will let me bring my favorite MTX trunk bag along for commuting duty, and if I do a serious gravel ride, I can just unclamp it with the one bolt and clip my rear fender back on.

You can see the snap on mount for the front fender by the front bottle cage, and one can tell by the state of my downtube that I was surprised without it recently.

The zip tie under the saddle was to hold a saddle pack up. It was slipping down so the zipper was inaccessible. I may be able to cram that under the saddle too if needed, so the zip tie stays for now.

The bar bag is the Burrito Bag from ROMP out of Duluth.

The bike is a Priority Apollo 11.