summerdays said:
My 10 year old daughter cycles to school with a large ruc-sack on her back (she has learnt the felmale art of being prepared for everything means you need to transport the kitchen sink with you at all times
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She has a 24 in bike, do normal pannier racks fit onto that size bike (Dawes Bandit), or do I need to look for a rack specific to that size wheel? I assume panniers would be better than a basket?
probably more street cred than a basket which is all important
. Baskets are bad imho anyway as putting any significant weight on the handlebars is bad for steering, especially when its contents and thus weight distribution can move around.
From looking at my pannier rack there's nothing I can tell that would prevent it from fitting on a smaller frame with a smaller wheel size, as there's just two mounting points, one just above the rear dropout and one just behind the seat tube. But I'd take it to an LBS that sells them with your daughter's bike and ask if you can try one. That's how I bought mine.
Has it got braze-ons for it? Again, if you don't know what they look like the LBS will be able to tell you. I didn't know my bike already had the required braze ons as I was trying to ask if they had an aftermarket clip thingy but he said 'you don't need one, that bike's already got the braze-ons for it'....
