chrisx

I'm looking for a 29er with rack bosses front and rear. No suspension at all. I want to take my next tour on gravel roads. I only want a 29er with no suspension, and rack bosses. touring means, one or two weeks walk to a part store when something breaks. So, no front shock, no bolt on after market racks. (simple and reliable) Front racks are made to go up and down, not flex front to back with 30 or 40 pounds of stuff at the hub. Front suspension does not work for touring because the extra weight on the lower shock breaks the shock. I already have a 700c x 38 bike. It doesn't do well in gravel while fully loaded. Sand, forget about it. I'm trying to find a 29er with no suspension, and rack bosses front and rear. If you know who makes one please respond. If you don't, I've already heard all other ideas from salesmen who want my money and don't care if I get the bike I need

Cyclesafe

Gunnar Rock Tour (in the larger sizes)

johnxorz

The Surly Karate Monkey has the bottom set of rack mounts front and rear. It doesn't have the upper set, but you can use P-clamps around the seat stays / fork blades instead.

tdister

Not a touring frame, but some pics I have seen of the Redline D440 seem to show it having the front eyelets. It doesn't show them on Redline's site, but I beleive that's what I am seeing.

You'd probably want a different crank set up...

BMonei

As a note;

All the Redline MTBs have braze-ons to accept front clamp-on dear.

TheBrick

Surly Karate Monkey + an afternoon at a frame builders + powder coast the frame for ultimate durability.

If you are going for ultimate reliability you could get the frame builder to put oversize rack mounts on everything. Getting a few mounts put on would not cost much and getting a frame and forks powder coated is less than getting it painted but harder wearing but not as pretty as a good paint job. In London I can get a frame and forks powder coated for £40 I expect it would be cheap in the US as everything else is.

Stradavarius

I'm running 700x32's on this custom built crank forward bike:

Robert_in_ca

Just use OMM racks if there's no eyelets. Or use them anyways.

Ti-tillIdie

Very cool bike stradavarius. I would love to see how it rides.

Ken Wind

The Marin Muirwoods 29er is kind of low-end, but it has disc brakes, a triple, and it has eyelets for fenders and front and rear racks. I asked Marin if it could take 700 x 47 tires with fenders. They said it'll work. They also mentioned that they try to position the disc brakes as far inside the frame as possible on all their Urban bikes to avoid problems mounting fenders and a rack.

nixage

And if you need one in a slightly smaller size? They won't do custom on the Rock Tour. They even tell you in the FAQ to go with the Rock Hound and do custom. doesn't make sense.

nixage

braze-ons for clamp-on **********

nixage

I think those are fender mounts. Even if usable for racks, it would mean no fenders.

Halthane

Depends on the racks. My Tubus Racks have a second hole to allow mounting to fenders to the rack.

NoReg

Sounds like a job for a 700c touring bike with good tire clearance, there must be a few out there that do 2" tires. There is always the Thorn line. Though most of those are 26". Of course 26" would be a better choice anyway since the incredibly narrow range of conditions where 29er outperforms 26er is probably not found on a gravel road, while you are spinning more weight and setting up for more parts problems for the rest of the time. That's why I am building a 69er touring bike (OK that and because I am truly crazy).

arctos

I have been touring off road on a rigid Bruce Gordon Rock N Road with 700x47 tires for almost twenty years including the Divide Ride. Call it a 28er if you like. Only the deepest sand and mud has presented problems.

[Even Bruce does not seem to know the full capabilities of his wonderful creation as I read in his comment recently on this forum.]

The front BG Mountain and rear BG racks have performed flawlessly as an extension of the bike frame on gravel,rock and single track while carrying a self contained touring load for extended travel.

There is even a slightly used 59cm one in the classifieds @ CGOAB:
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/class...ied_id=546&v=7