Thread: Rear rack doesn't fit my bike. Help pls.
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Old 10-23-06 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bellweatherman
The rear rack I just purchased is supposed to fit both road and mtn bikes. I bought this for my mountain bike, but the rack doesn't seem to fit. I just realized that I have 135mm rear end on the mtn bike, and the rack is probably skinny enough to fit a 120mm rear end on a road bike.

Basically, the rack is too skinny to fit the back end of my mtn bike. Can I just install it and let the rack stretch into place? What can I do?

You could also mount it on the inside of the frame dropouts and use some plastic spacers to fill in the space between the rack and the frame.
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