Tortec expedition adjuster rods too short ...

zamolxis

I bought a Tortec Expedition Rack for my GT 2.0 bicycle, but when trying to fit it I realized the adjuster rods that came with the rack are I think about 7-10 cm too short...

Is it possible to get somewhere just some adjustable rods that would fit? Or I need to buy a whole new rack?

davis

zamolxis wrote:

I bought a Tortec Expedition Rack for my GT 2.0 bicycle, but when trying to fit it I realized the adjuster rods that came with the rack are I think about 7-10 cm too short...

Eh? Which adjuster rods? The horizontal-ish ones or the vertical-ish ones? It's that they're that far out; are you sure you're trying to fix them to the right holes? (Pictures)

zamolxis

The horizontal-ish ones ... I think is the only part that can be adjusted anyway!

I'm afraid I have no experience setting up bicycles. :oops: What am I doing wrong?

Here are some pictures:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2itngcn.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/35au8wi.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/2l8f2gi.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/2mgo70z.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/2w1to2x.jpg

The Rookie

700c rack on 26" wheeled bike? and your rack mounts are very low anyway

You could get seatpost clamp with the added rack mounts, that would do it for you.

Example http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BICYCLE-CARRIER-M ... 336784999f
make sure you get the right size though!

Simon

davis

Yep, Looks like a bit of an odd geometry seatstay (Are you a tiny person? :-) )

The easiest, fastest, cheapest way out of your predicament is to get a seat post clamp along the lines of http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mpart-single-bolt-seat-post-clamp-with-rack-mount/ and bolt to that instead of to the braze-ons on the frame. As The Beginner says take care with measuring! (Everybody's bought the wrong size clamp before now!)

veronese68

I think it's the sloping top tube lowering the seat stays and GT's triple triangle design dropping them even more that cause the problem.
Looks like it'll be a stretch even to the seat clamp, try and point the stay towards the seat clamp and see how close it is. If you have to get a different rack get one for 26" wheels only as that should sit a bit lower.

zamolxis

From Wiggle, where I bought it from, they sent me the following message regarding this problem:

"Due to the design of the GT Traffic unfortunately the pannier rack will not fit to the fitted mounts, to fit a rack to this bike you will need to use something like the M:Part Single Bolt Seat Post Clamp With Rack Mount which will allow you to mount the stays higher. This does unfortunately mean that you will not be able to use your Pinhead seat post clamp."

I checked today at Evans and Halfords, but neither of them had a rack that could fit. Actually at Evans, when they saw my photos (unfortunately I didn't have the bike with me) they thought that even a seat clamp might be too far away for this frame...

This is a GT Traffic 2.0 2010 with a standard small frame, nothing "exceptional"! I never thought it would be so problematic for rear racks when I bought it.

What is the point for those rear rack eyelets if there is no rack that could use them?!

davis

Yeah, it might be a bit of a stretch even with a seat post clamp - you might have to rig up a little "extender bridge" with some scrap metal if it comes to it. As for the eyelets; they're no use at all, in my opinion.

d87heaven

Got the same problem on my girlfriends specialized crosstrail. One solution is to cut the stays and make up an extesion bar that clamps to the stays.