Found A Bike Rack On My Commute
11-02-18 | 10:15 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Fillet-Brazed Member
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 488
Likes: 21
From: Brooklyn, New York
Bikes: ⊕
Found A Bike Rack On My Commute
Any idea what rack this is? I don't recognize the logo, but it looks like a lower-case b. I could only guess Blackburn, but it doesn't look quite like any Blackburn's I'm familiar with.
I really had to go to the minimum adjustment with the struts ... I'm not sure it's appropriate to go this far, maybe I should saw the extra off?
Found this rack near someone's trash can on my way to work this morning.
I really had to go to the minimum adjustment with the struts ... I'm not sure it's appropriate to go this far, maybe I should saw the extra off?
Found this rack near someone's trash can on my way to work this morning.
Last edited by specialmonkey; 11-02-18 at 10:24 AM.
11-02-18 | 10:23 AM
#2
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 30,486
Likes: 4,563
From: 25 miles northwest of Boston
Bikes: Bottecchia Sprint, GT Timberline 29r, Marin Muirwoods 29er, Trek FX Alpha 7.0
sorry can't help, but just lying in the road? score! if those stays aren't getting in the way, you can just keep them & the rack might be useful on another bike some time in the future ... I've got 1 rack that I've been periodically torturing from bike to bike since 2008 but it may be giving up the ghost soon, cuz I recently had to re-rig a cpl retaining screws ... plus they make them so much lighter now
Last edited by rumrunn6; 11-02-18 at 01:06 PM.
11-02-18 | 10:24 AM
#3
Mad bike riding scientist
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 29,174
Likes: 6,243
From: Denver, CO
Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones
Any idea what rack this is? I don't recognize the logo, but it looks like a lower-case b. I could only guess Blackburn, but it doesn't look like any Blackburn's I'm familiar with.
I really had to go to the minimum adjustment with the struts ... I'm not sure it's appropriate to go this far, maybe I should saw the extra off?
Found this rack near someone's trash can on my way to work this morning.
I really had to go to the minimum adjustment with the struts ... I'm not sure it's appropriate to go this far, maybe I should saw the extra off?
Found this rack near someone's trash can on my way to work this morning.
__________________
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
11-02-18 | 10:32 AM
#4
Thread Starter
Fillet-Brazed Member
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 488
Likes: 21
From: Brooklyn, New York
Bikes: ⊕
[MENTION=134410]rumrunn6[/MENTION] Good idea about the struts. I was riding on the sidewalk to approach a particularly scary intersection and noticed it behind someone's trash can! I almost told myself I didn't need it because it didn't look like it would fit initially, then I thought better of it when I realized the struts were adjustable. But even then I wasn't sure it would work until I got to work to try it out. I had to swap screws with ones that were on my frame to hold a second water bottle, luckily they were long enough (the ones holding the fender originally were not), I used the originals to hold the struts. I rode to work, 2 miles into a 10 mile commute, with it in my left hand which was also on the left side of the drop bar, but I could only brake and shift with my right, which seemed like the most versatile choice (though I'd normally prefer a front brake if I have to choose 
). I almost stopped to zip tie it to my backpack (good to carry zip ties)!
[MENTION=21724]cyccommute[/MENTION] Thanks for the ID and suggestions!
). I almost stopped to zip tie it to my backpack (good to carry zip ties)![MENTION=21724]cyccommute[/MENTION] Thanks for the ID and suggestions!
Last edited by specialmonkey; 11-02-18 at 10:49 AM.
11-02-18 | 10:45 AM
#5
Senior Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 921
Likes: 150
From: Southeast US
You see these from time to time. This happens when a non-disc bike molts and enters its disc phase of life. It molts and throws off the old skin and rack. If you hang around, you might be able to spot the newly-emerged disc bike in the vicinity.
(Great find!)
(Great find!)
11-02-18 | 12:37 PM
#6
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 6,654
Likes: 2,388
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 2015 Charge Plug, 2007 Dahon Boardwalk, 1997 Specialized Rockhopper, 1984 Nishiki International, 2006 Felt F65, 1989 Dahon Getaway V
11-02-18 | 08:36 PM
#8
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 363
Likes: 14
From: Phoenix, AZ
Bikes: 2015 Trek District 8, 2017 Salsa Vaya Claris, 2012 SE Draft
As said above, its a bontrager backrack. I have 2 of them in disc format on my bikes, and I can't speak highly enough of them. Good quality, pretty darn sturdy (wrecked my mountain bike pretty hard with one attached and it fared better than me, couple good scuffs) and if you get the bontrager specific bag its set up for quick release. Nice find!
