The Carradice racks will be fine for compact loads. I need to hold two proper panniers though.
Well I went and bought a Delta rack and binned the old one. A huge difference. It clamps directly to
the seat post with no rubber. Just did a 30 mile xc ride fully laden and no problems. The side
supports wag a bit and should be reinforced a little more in my view but it is acceptable with a
light pack load of 6kg total. The flex of the main rack beam and of the clamp is negligible. So this
is the way I will go on my tour. Lets hope it stands up to a prolonged hammer.
Julian
"Simon Brooke" <
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> "Julian Fox" <
[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I am going off road touring with panniers and my full sus bike. I
bought a
> > seat post mount Raleigh pannier rack and rode it to test ( loaded up
with
> > only 7kg ). What a disaster, the rack waggled from side to side (the
rubber
> > pads moved in the clamp ) and the panniers rack rails flexed so much on hitting a big bump that
> > the pannier mounting brackets touched the rear wheel. I did take great care to fit it well and
> > to tightly attach.
> >
> > I cannot believe that a solid rack does not exist, after all think of
the
> > punishment a saddle gets and it is mounted to the frame in a similar
manner.
>
> Carradice do a rack (and also a front rack for suspension forks): <URL:
>
http://www.carradice.co.uk/mountain-biker.html >
>
> I believe a US firm called Old Man Moutain do one too. I haven't used eitehr of these products.
>
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http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
>
> ;; I'll have a proper rant later, when I get the time.