Rack recommendation for a small bike
07-22-19 | 12:00 PM
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Rack recommendation for a small bike
My wife recently got a Cannondale Quick 5, size small. The bike has disc brakes, and the seatstays have a dogleg that elevates the lower rack mounts above the rear disc. Because the bike is small, the seatstays forward of those rack mounts are practically horizontal.
I'm looking for a rack to mount on this that has a relatively low height. Something that I can hook conventional panniers to (Ortliebs in this case).
I'm looking for a rack to mount on this that has a relatively low height. Something that I can hook conventional panniers to (Ortliebs in this case).
07-22-19 | 04:03 PM
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My wife recently got a Cannondale Quick 5, size small. The bike has disc brakes, and the seatstays have a dogleg that elevates the lower rack mounts above the rear disc. Because the bike is small, the seatstays forward of those rack mounts are practically horizontal.
I'm looking for a rack to mount on this that has a relatively low height. Something that I can hook conventional panniers to (Ortliebs in this case).
I'm looking for a rack to mount on this that has a relatively low height. Something that I can hook conventional panniers to (Ortliebs in this case).
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I just got a Problem Solver seatpost clamp with a rack mount. The rack is a Tubus Airy which is about an inch shorter than the other racks that Tubus makes. The Fly has about the same height of 355mm. The Salsa Altenator is shorter by 10mm however.
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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!
Last edited by cyccommute; 07-22-19 at 04:12 PM.
07-22-19 | 06:40 PM
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On my wife’s bike I was able to use the extra long stays, nothing custom. You can find some where the twist at the frame end goes to the side rather than to the middle of the stay and that can make a difference clearing the other stuff crowded at the seat cluster
