Originally Posted by nickmaimone
I personally HATE trunk racks...Id always feel like I would get rear ended...also, they could eventually wear paint on the underside of your toptube, id imagine. also I noticed the pressure on my back brack cable(running under the top tube) was loosened significantly by just a 15 miles ride on the trunk.
Then you have yourself a good warning. There's far less tension on a brake cable when the bike is on a rack than when you actually use your brakes. The cable is normally in tension anyways so that shouldn't be an issue. Unless the cable is so tight in the rack that it's tighter than when you normally slam the brakes you'd better look over all of your connections.