rear rack advice?

[Georgem123]

hi all

any advice on rear racks for light touring?

what to get? what to avoid?

narrow style or wide?

cheers

 

[Ern1e]

Hi @Georgem123 all I can say is for the life in me I just can not remember what make mine is (ok another senior moment) but is is the wide style and an alloy one,it also to a point depend on just how much weigh you are going to put on it and belive me mine has so far stood some lol 55 kilo's at best so far.So please buy the best you can afford and style well to me function is far more important than how good it looks.

 

[Georgem123]

Hi @Georgem123 all I can say is for the life in me I just can not remember what make mine is (ok another senior moment) but is is the wide style and an alloy one,it also to a point depend on just how much weigh you are going to put on it and belive me mine has so far stood some lol 55 kilo's at best so far.So please buy the best you can afford and style well to me function is far more important than how good it looks.

ah cheers, i'm looking to carry 10-15kg probably

anyone got any advice on 'axiom' rearracks?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I prefer a normal style over a narrow for rack bags and all in one style panniers. The narrow Bontrager rack I got to fit my roadie wasn't up to much really other than a side mounted pannier.

 

[Ern1e]

ah cheers, i'm looking to carry 10-15kg probably

anyone got any advice on 'axiom' rearracks?

A mate of mine has one and as not given him any prob's and after going to take a look see mine is a Beto which is or so I am told an american item which I found in a near by LBS and purchased at a knock down price as it was old stock.

 

[Georgem123]

A mate of mine has one and as not given him any prob's and after going to take a look see mine is a Beto which is or so I am told an american item which I found in a near by LBS and purchased at a knock down price as it was old stock.

ah nice, i will take a look at my lbs for some

 

[jhawk]

For my touring bike, I've got Tubus racks. They're great and I love them. But they may not be what you're looking for.

Worth a look-in though, for sure. http://www.tubus.com/

 

[Georgem123]

For my touring bike, I've got Tubus racks. They're great and I love them. But they may not be what you're looking for.

Worth a look-in though, for sure. http://www.tubus.com/

why do you say they may not be what im looking for?

 

[jhawk]

why do you say they may not be what im looking for?

No idea now that I think of it!

I guess it was the words "light touring", when these puppies will take you around the world! Although I realise now that it doesn't really matter whether it's "light" or not... Forget I said that!

 

[Georgem123]

No idea now that I think of it!

I guess it was the words "light touring", when these puppies will take you around the world! Although I realise now that it doesn't really matter whether it's "light" or not... Forget I said that!

haha well im going from england to italy if that helps

 

[jhawk]

haha well im going from england to italy if that helps

Hehe! "Light" touring for all that distance!

Look no further than Tubus!

 

[Georgem123]

Hehe! "Light" touring for all that distance!

Look no further than Tubus!

cheers bro, i'll check it out

 

[jhawk]

There's also Jandd Racks: http://www.jandd.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamCat=3&iLevel=2&subcat=53

But, I have no personal experience of these.

 

[Aushiker]

Another Tubus fan here. I have three Tubus racks in use, a Tara on the front of my Surly Long Haul Trucker and a Cargo Expedition on the rear. On my mountain bike which gets used for touring I have a Tubus Swing. This is the Cargo Expedition for example ...

Andrew

 

[Yellow7]

I use the American Surly 'Nice' racks, made from 10mm CroMoly steel tubing so all-in-all a very strong rack. Supplied with an almost 'mechano kit' of nuts, bolts and brackets to enable fitting to many-a frame possible. Available in the U.K. here, the price has increased somewhat from when I purchased (2008). Both front and rear are quite wide with the front one having top rack area that I find ideal for my sleeping bag to sit.