vickster
Legendary Member
I currently commute on a racked and mudguarded up 2011 Sirrus Elite and have a crazy notion to sell the hybrid and replace with drops...more comfortable braking for my ongoing tennis elbow and quicker. I would want Tiagra at the minimum or preferably SRAM double tap and need a rack and guards. Such a bike looks like it'll cost at least £700-800 new
Now, my dilemma is that I also have a rather under utilised lovely carbon road bike. It has no holes for the rack of course, and I am not sure if it will take guards? One question is how practical (i.e. safe) would it be to put one of these on the roadbike. I have the bag that slides on this type of rack which is on the Sirrus
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/topeak/quick-release-beam-rack-mtx-ec005811
Silly question, to what do they attach - seatpost or the top of the frame that the seatpost slides into?
I really don't want to go back to a backpack, hot and sweaty - I am more of a fair weather cyclist but do not disintegrate in the rain (although the carbon bike may )
Seems rather silly to spend several hundreds on a new bike when a current one is fit for purpose for a small outlay!
There is always the used bike route, but I am rather unknowledgeable and indeed, impatient!
Thoughts and advice appreciated
Now, my dilemma is that I also have a rather under utilised lovely carbon road bike. It has no holes for the rack of course, and I am not sure if it will take guards? One question is how practical (i.e. safe) would it be to put one of these on the roadbike. I have the bag that slides on this type of rack which is on the Sirrus
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/topeak/quick-release-beam-rack-mtx-ec005811
Silly question, to what do they attach - seatpost or the top of the frame that the seatpost slides into?
I really don't want to go back to a backpack, hot and sweaty - I am more of a fair weather cyclist but do not disintegrate in the rain (although the carbon bike may )
Seems rather silly to spend several hundreds on a new bike when a current one is fit for purpose for a small outlay!
There is always the used bike route, but I am rather unknowledgeable and indeed, impatient!
Thoughts and advice appreciated