£1000 road bike with holes for a rack

Phil_D
Phil_D Posts: 467
edited July 2013 in Road buying advice
Are there any?

I can't find one and would like one.

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  • alanO
    alanO Posts: 13
    For a drop bars road bike the Trek Domane 2.0 has holes for a rack and is smack on your price.

    http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/ro ... omane_2_0#

    HTH
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    alanO wrote:
    For a drop bars road bike the Trek Domane 2.0 has holes for a rack and is smack on your price.

    http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/ro ... omane_2_0#

    HTH

    I've looked at that but I'm not too sure about the suspension type thing at the top of the seat stay/seat tube.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    In what way ? It seems good enough for Cancellara ?
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    I've seen a rack on a Secteur, does it have proper mounts?

    I'm lucky, my old Cannondale CAAD5 has proper mudguard mounts, even on the carbon fork.
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    Marin Mount Vision (1997), Edinburgh Country tourer, 3 cats!
  • squibnocket
    squibnocket Posts: 207
    Kinesis Racelight has them, good frame too for the money
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Another possible option - the Ribble Winter Training bikes, I'm pretty sure they have pannier mounts (I'm sure somebody will be able to confirm this) - available in 7005 Aluminium and 535 Steel, both with carbon forks & you can customise them via the bikebuilder & special edition options.
    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/bbg/road-track-bike/ribble-winter-training-audax-bikes?sub=conf_BBRW&type=RIBMO
    Cycling weakly
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    I can't work out why the Trek is so much more expensive than the Defy 2. They appear to have similar specs but £200 difference.

    That Racelight looks nice. What significance is the "audax" bit? A Heftier bike?
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    The Kenisis bikes are good value - there's both the T2 and Tk3 models that have rack mounts.
    http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/racelight

    The term 'audax' means it's a frame with a more relaxed, rather than racy geometry, and often has rack mounts.
    In terms of geometry, (broadly speaking) there's, race-orientated > sportive > audax / touring - the geometry getting slightly more relaxed from one to the next.
    Cycling weakly
  • holiver
    holiver Posts: 729
    I'm looking at similar bikes, although ones I can fit full guards and a rack on.

    Without straying into cross bikes I'm aware of the Planet X Kaffenback, Dawes Clubman/Century SE, Tifosi CK7 and Moda Bolero to add to the ones already mentioned.
    2013 Kinesis Racelight T2
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    Sectuer has a rack mount.
  • Mindermast
    Mindermast Posts: 124
    Aren't there racks to be mounted on a standard road bike?
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    You can get an adaptor bracket that sits between the axle and frame for the lower rack mount. For the upper mount you can use P-clips. So you can fit a rack to any bike that way, but I wouldn't put over 6-7kg on it.
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    Marin Mount Vision (1997), Edinburgh Country tourer, 3 cats!
  • mikenetic
    mikenetic Posts: 486
    Kona Honky Tonk, Surly Cross Check, Condor Fratello (frameset with some careful buying around it), Spa Cycles Steel Audax, Kinesis as previously mentioned. Cannondale Synapse does too. There are a lot.

    Or, buy an older steel frame, get it refinished, build it up. It's a shame more stuff doesn't come with mounting as a standard.

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