rear rack for road bike with 27 inch tires
 

Looking for a rear rack with clearance for 27 x 1 1/4 tires. The ideal rack would be long and skinny with a solid top plate.

27x1-1/4 is almost the exact same size as a 700x32, so any rack that works with touring or road bikes should fit just fine, as long as you have the drillings and braze-ons for it on your dropouts and frame.

I've got a Topeak explorer (or something like that) rack on my commuter that's treating me great so far. It on;y cost about $35, too. My Arkel panniers (the bug and the utilitybasket, respectively) clip onto it just fine. The only downside is that the glossy black finish scrapes off of it quite easily when you start hooking panniers onto it, leaving bare aluminum shining back at you. Fortunately, the nice lightweight aluminum doesn't rust or anything, so this shouldn't be too much of a problem other than aesthetics.

Jim's got them in stock down at the Hiawatha Cyclery, where I got mine.

I just got a Blackburn TR-1. It sits pretty high, there'd be no problem getting it to clear 27 x 1 1/4" tires with full fenders.

Nashbar sells a nice rack for 27" wheels cheap.