Advice on a bike rack please......
caspartfg
Posts: 9
Hi all,
First post (although I have been lurking for quite a while).....
I've taken the plunge and bought my first road bike (and love it). - After lots of um'ing, er'ing and test rides I decided on a Giant Defy 2.
I want to bike to serve two purposes;
1) weekend rides with friends and;
2) Commute to work (about 15 miles and I would like to build up to doing it 4 times a week).
After reading all the advice on the forum I have decided that panniers are the way to go (had originally thought about a rucksack or courier bag).
The advice I am after is on what rack to go for as I would like something sturdy, but removable....
The reason for asking is that I'm going to look a bit of a tit doing a weekend rides with a bare rack on the back of the bike. However, for my commuting I would be planning on taking a change of clothes and occationaly my work laptop, so would need a fairly sturdy setup.
I had though of going for a quick release seatpost rack, but the bike has a carbon seatpost which I assume complicates things further.
Can anyone recommend a good rack system that is good for communiting, but can be quickly removed so it doesn't get in the way of weekend fun?
... get this cracked and then it is on to the even more complex subject of what panniers to get.... :shock:
Thx all,
Casp.
First post (although I have been lurking for quite a while).....
I've taken the plunge and bought my first road bike (and love it). - After lots of um'ing, er'ing and test rides I decided on a Giant Defy 2.
I want to bike to serve two purposes;
1) weekend rides with friends and;
2) Commute to work (about 15 miles and I would like to build up to doing it 4 times a week).
After reading all the advice on the forum I have decided that panniers are the way to go (had originally thought about a rucksack or courier bag).
The advice I am after is on what rack to go for as I would like something sturdy, but removable....
The reason for asking is that I'm going to look a bit of a tit doing a weekend rides with a bare rack on the back of the bike. However, for my commuting I would be planning on taking a change of clothes and occationaly my work laptop, so would need a fairly sturdy setup.
I had though of going for a quick release seatpost rack, but the bike has a carbon seatpost which I assume complicates things further.
Can anyone recommend a good rack system that is good for communiting, but can be quickly removed so it doesn't get in the way of weekend fun?
... get this cracked and then it is on to the even more complex subject of what panniers to get.... :shock:
Thx all,
Casp.
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. I leave my rack on but I do ride a tricross with mudguards...Ive got a bontrager rack at the moment but it has sides that curve in towards the front and I feel slightly limits my choice of paniers. I prefer my old mountain rack from years agowith its straight side rails. I have to say that the spring loaded 'jaws' that you used to get on the racks of old would be a handy thing to have.
you could always make it a fairly quick release rack by using wing nuts to hold it on.0 -
Does the defy have seperate holes for the mudguard attachements, and the rack attachments?
If there's no problem with that, it shouldn't take you a couple of minutes to take the rack off, and put it back on!
Edinburgh bikes do a nice lightweight and fairly smart lightweight rack
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... 185c003187
Though it's not as nice as the Tubus Fly!
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Tubus ... 360025254/0
