I just got an Axiom streamliner sport tour, but it is not compatible with my Crosscheck that uses canti brakes because of the way the rack mounts. I don't know what else rack to get, as the crosscheck does not have braze ons for racks that uses that, except for a weak pletchser. Anyone got ideas?

P-clips from the hardware store.

Old Man Mountain?

https://www.oldmanmountain.com/Pages/...RearRacks.html

Are there racks that come with mounting hardware like p clips?

Um, I thought "Sport Tourers" were for credit card touring. What would one need a rack for? If one wants to put a rack on a tourer, why not get one with the right connections? Can you make do with a big handlebar bag and one of those water backpacks that has room for other stuff? The P-clips sound OK, if they have a rubber liner where they touch the frame.

Tubus rear racks have a seatstay attachment that slides horizontally across the rack. That should give you the option of screwing it in the inside or outside of the stay to avoid the cable's link to the brake (if you can get a wrench in there to tighten it up).

I am not so sure that I would like a rack that attaches to a quick release skewer and that seems to attach at only one point at the top (on the brake bridge)... if I am reading the screed at bikemannetwork.com correctly.

I'd go for something like the Topeak Expedition rack. It is alloy tubing, has the slide-on extrusion at the top for the Topeak trunk bags (and is a very useful platform anyway). The mounting is ideal for the crosscheck brazeons. I've had one on the Fuji Touring and now the Shogun FG for some time (years), and it has performed flawlessly. You should be able to bend and adjust the beefy steel stays to fit the upper crosscheck brazeons without interfering with the canti cables (a similar set-up to the Fuji Touring). The stays can swap sides and turn upside down to give you a few options.

I've always lusted after Tubus racks, but the Topeak has proved to be a sensibly priced alternative.

I might also ask if you have fiddled at all with a different length on the canti cable? I know it changes the mechanical advantage a bit and if you go too long, you might lose braking power, but it might be worth experimenting with if you don't want to drop more dollars on other racks.

I still don't like that attachment with the skewer, though. I can't imagine it making fixing a flat any easier.

Sorry to bump...
who said anything about mounting to a quick release? i'm considering this rack for my lht... so, does it mount to the rear qr? https://www.bikemannetwork.com/Mercha...ge/RK6613B.jpg

any other thoughts? i was considering the surly nice racks but they've proven to be out of my budget.

Hmmmm... well let's put it this way. The OP said he had trouble fitting the rack because of the canti brake set-up on his Crosscheck. Which led me to believe that he had in fact the QR Road Rack that attaches at the top via the caliper brake mount and to the QR at the bottoms. If using the rack you have illustrated, then there should have been no problems whatsoever negotiating through the cables with the mounting stays on to the Crosscheck seatstay brazeons. The rack you have illustrated does not fit to the QR.

Either I am terribly confused, or the OP is.

the rack pictured is the Axiom Streamliner, the one mentioned in the original post. it comes in 3 versions; standard (shown), dual suspension, and disc brake. it looks like a solid rack, with a tubus/surly-esque mounting system, but for well less. i wish it was available in silver, but what can you do.

My wife has a Jandd Expedition on her CC, and previously had a BlackBurn . There were no problems mounting either.

The Streamliner comes in a version that goes on the quick release and with an attachment to the caliper brake mounting. It is called the Axiom Streamliner Road Rack. It is on the same site where you sourced your picture.

It in fact looks to be sseveral solutions in one for people who want to ride bikes with short chainstays and suffer from heel-strike on their panniers -- it provides some degree of setback compared with other racks -- and for those without braze-ons on either the drop-outs or seat stays.

The Topeak Super Tourist DX Pannier Rack rack is robust. I have several and they do the job very well. I particularly like the extrusion on the top that ostensibly is designed to as a track for the Topeak rack trunks, but also works very well as a work bench. Plus, having toured with a rack without that flat top plate, I found my tent bag rubbing through from the rack stays and the platform seems to combat that problem.

As to getting a silver rack... spray paint it with silver? When my black racks start to look a bit ragged, I just get the matt black spray can out and give them a going over. Or if you have the time and patience with an alloy rack, rub off the black with steel wool and polish it up.

I'm thinking of getting that standard streamliner, but where would i mount the stays to the CC?

the streamliner rack will work on crosscheck and lht...I have a set on mine


go down to the end of this page, picture of a white crosscheck with a streamliner rack

https://fixedgeargallery.com/forum/vi...b796e91bb65764