Originally Posted by
atnyc
thanks for that link That answers my question perfectly.
Looks like carbon frames CAN have eyelets, and some do. So my local shop guys was totally wet when he said carbon frames CAN’T have racks!
It’s just many manufacturers don’t put eyelets on their road/enduro frames, under the misguided assumption that anyone want a light fast machine for normal day-to-day riding will never want to use that same bike for occasional short duration touring. For me personally, I will not ride a heavy boring dog of a frame all season long just so I can tour on it one week a year. So I’ll look into the thru-axle racks.
(Finally figured out why all my previous post disappeared. Better type fast, nor get distracted. Otherwise, the forum logs one out and the post will fail)
not totally wet but fearful.
there was a blog, Cycling in the South Bay, long gone now, where the writer added a rear rack to his carbon road bike. Then set off on essentially a tour.
my thought a bad idea.
a few months later crack, a seat stay fractured.
he had a carbon repair shop fix it and added carbon tape to reinforce.
I stopped out reading the blog diligently and near the end he was on a different bike.
metallic has its place.