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Kovie
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I just ordered a Performance seat post pannier rack for my Ti road bike,
which doesn't have rack eyelets. It was on sale for $19 and seemed like a
good deal. It's rated up to 25lbs. However, I was wondering, are these
things reliable, and do I risk damaging my seat post (and possibly myself if
it cracks while out riding) by putting anywhere near 25lbs on it? My current
seat post is an American Classic aluminum alloy, not carbon. But it clearly
was designed to carry a mostly compression load, not a shearing load. Am I
taking a chance putting this rack on it?
Here's the link to the rack:
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?sku=19330
If I'm best off not using this rack, what's the best way to use a standard
rack (which I already have) on a bike w/o eyelets? C-clamps? (Or is it
D-clamps?)
And if it's ok to use, I assume that the lower I mount it, the safer?
And incidentally, this would be for light overnight or weekend touring, not
for day rides (in case anyone who followed my recent thread about hydration
packs thinks I've decided to forget about packs and go to a rack solution
for day rides, which isn't the case--I still intend to use packs for day
ride use, where appropriate).
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Kovie
[email protected]zen\
which doesn't have rack eyelets. It was on sale for $19 and seemed like a
good deal. It's rated up to 25lbs. However, I was wondering, are these
things reliable, and do I risk damaging my seat post (and possibly myself if
it cracks while out riding) by putting anywhere near 25lbs on it? My current
seat post is an American Classic aluminum alloy, not carbon. But it clearly
was designed to carry a mostly compression load, not a shearing load. Am I
taking a chance putting this rack on it?
Here's the link to the rack:
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?sku=19330
If I'm best off not using this rack, what's the best way to use a standard
rack (which I already have) on a bike w/o eyelets? C-clamps? (Or is it
D-clamps?)
And if it's ok to use, I assume that the lower I mount it, the safer?
And incidentally, this would be for light overnight or weekend touring, not
for day rides (in case anyone who followed my recent thread about hydration
packs thinks I've decided to forget about packs and go to a rack solution
for day rides, which isn't the case--I still intend to use packs for day
ride use, where appropriate).
--
Kovie
[email protected]zen\