Seat post rack.

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Hello, I'm going to be doing some very minor very light touring this summer, 2-3 days staying at B&B's etc.
I only have the my road bike so need to adapt as best i can, and I've come across this :
http://www.arkel-od.com/en/arkel-randonneur-rack.html
Anyone tried one?
Ta

 

[shouldbeinbed]

No, I wonder (no engineer tho) if that would put an even greater stress on the seatpost where it is clamped, if you've created a rigid link to the seat rails, every bump and hump and body movement transmitted into the saddle would then be transmitted horizontally into the seatpost via that clamp set up as well as via the normal frame flex and your body movement putting a vertical compression into it. When adding a tour pannier set up jiggling too???

Dunno tho, just an idle thought.

 

[Sharky]

I used the towpeak beam system when I was commuting. Handlebar bags are also easy to attach.

 

[cosmicbike]

I also have the Topeak MTX beam rack which is ok up to 9kg load, cheaper too

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I use a Carradice SQR block and bag on my Birdy & did on my road bikes. The only compromise I had to make was rear light placenent.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

That looks like a very workable solution. Where I live I see plenty of cyclotourists and a good percentage of them have seatpost-attached racks but without the saddle strut like yours in the picture. Those without swing around and I often see them half sideways. There is no way of tightening them enough to prevent moving when loaded. The strut looks like a sensible way of preventing swing-around. The seatpost is plenty strong, so don't worry about crushing an aluminium one. Don't even think carbon though.

 

[rualexander]

Given that it can't hold panniers, only a rack pack of some kind, and the price of £75, maybe you would be better with a bikepacking saddlebag such as https://www.alpkit.com/products/koala

 

[mjr]

I'd be looking at bikepacking too: saddlebag first, then small frame bag, then bar bag, then bigger frame bag.

 

[Simon_m]

When touring I use this, others on here recommend Carradice too. Great quality, different sizes and British made:

 

[Ajax Bay]

This Arkel rack does not clamp to the seat post; the strut rests on the back of the seat post and is secured with velcro. There will be a force at that point but it's spread over 2cm (say) and just a 'normal' one, not like the clamped version which has to be clamped tight enough to provide the vertical force to support the weight carried and applies a bending moment to the post (carbon posts therefore a 'no, no'). It will mount higher than a normal seatpost rack for most people who are running the modern style of longer exposed seatpost - even more difficult to get one's leg over it (ack 'Jonners' double entendre). 'Tis expensive.

 

[steveindenmark]

Yes I do use one but I would rather chew my arm off than pay €95 for a seat post rack. Especially one you cannot put panniers on.

This is my carbon road bike last week. It has front roller panniers but this rack will take rear panniers. I got the rack off Amazon and I think it cost about £15. I will double check that. It works great and takes 10 seconds to take off.

I think this is mine.


RSP Pioneer Urban Alloy Rear Carrier - Black, 10 Kg

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Yes I do use one but I would rather chew my arm off than pay €95 for a seat post rack. Especially one you cannot put panniers on.

This is my carbon road bike last week. It has front roller panniers but this rack will take rear panniers. I got the rack off Amazon and I think it cost about £15. I will double check that. It works great and takes 10 seconds to take off.

I think this is mine.


RSP Pioneer Urban Alloy Rear Carrier - Black, 10 Kg

That looks great, what bag are you using? Does it have a tendency to rotate around the seat post or is it immovable once on?

 

[steveindenmark]

Usually I use Ortlieb but those are from Biltema in Denmark. They are just as good as Ortleib but a quarter of the price. The rack came with a big rubber mount and stays still.

 

[further]

I have one of these,free if you pick it up,t's missing the rubber spacer.

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Oo whereabouts are you?