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Old May 4th 11, 02:11 PM posted to aus.bicycle
Travis
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Default Mounting a pannier rack on a Trek road bike

I've just gotten into a uni course and am back to bicycle commuting.
With my laptop and in particular the big steel U lock my bag is just
killing my back, so I think it may be time to splurge on a carrier.

The trouble is, my bike (a 2003 Trek 2300 road bike) has no holes as
far as I can see for screwing on a carrier, unlike the kerbside-
rescued mountain bike and my ancient (and extremely heavy) Repco,
which do have those holes.

Does this mean I can't use a carrier with my 2300 and would thus be
forced to ride one of my crappy bikes if I insist on panniers or are
there racks which will mount without needing to bolt into holes?

Travis
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Old May 4th 11, 02:38 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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Travis wrote:

The trouble is, my bike (a 2003 Trek 2300 road bike) has no holes as
far as I can see for screwing on a carrier,


For the seat stays, you can get P clamps the attach the carrier.
For the rear hub, I'm not sure of any commerical bits other than another
pair of P clamps on the bottom of the seat stay.

I've tended to;
a) just drill a hole through the rear axle brackets on a yum cha
frame,
b) make up a dod dad/spacer that tok load direct to the axle, or
c) have something brazed on.
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Old May 4th 11, 10:18 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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On 4/05/2011 23:11, Travis wrote:
I've just gotten into a uni course and am back to bicycle commuting.
With my laptop and in particular the big steel U lock my bag is just
killing my back, so I think it may be time to splurge on a carrier.

The trouble is, my bike (a 2003 Trek 2300 road bike) has no holes as
far as I can see for screwing on a carrier, unlike the kerbside-
rescued mountain bike and my ancient (and extremely heavy) Repco,
which do have those holes.

Does this mean I can't use a carrier with my 2300 and would thus be
forced to ride one of my crappy bikes if I insist on panniers or are
there racks which will mount without needing to bolt into holes?

Travis

Someone makes a kit which mounts on the rear spindle to give you rack
mounting lugs.
Sorry I cannot find the details.

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Old May 5th 11, 12:43 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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Default Mounting a pannier rack on a Trek road bike

On 4/05/2011 11:11 PM, Travis wrote:
I've just gotten into a uni course and am back to bicycle commuting.
With my laptop and in particular the big steel U lock my bag is just
killing my back, so I think it may be time to splurge on a carrier.

The trouble is, my bike (a 2003 Trek 2300 road bike) has no holes as
far as I can see for screwing on a carrier, unlike the kerbside-
rescued mountain bike and my ancient (and extremely heavy) Repco,
which do have those holes.

Does this mean I can't use a carrier with my 2300 and would thus be
forced to ride one of my crappy bikes if I insist on panniers or are
there racks which will mount without needing to bolt into holes?

Travis



Big thick U locks sometimes don't work!

The best catalogue to have a look at is eBay for the bits. You don't
have to drill the frame and should not drill the frame.

You can get a rack which clamps off the seat post only - cantilevers out
over the back wheel.


See if Chainreaction cycles UK has something that may suit you, there is
a page full of different types. Takes about 4 days from the UK and is
still cheap.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/S...h=pannier+rack

Change the - "My settings" in the top RH corner for AUS$ values.

Good service cheap gear. I have bought quite a few items from them now -
including wheel sets made to measure.
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Old May 6th 11, 02:12 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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On May 5, 5:18*am, Jack Russell wrote:
On 4/05/2011 23:11, Travis wrote: I've just gotten into a uni course and am back to bicycle commuting.
With my laptop and in particular the big steel U lock my bag is just
killing my back, so I think it may be time to splurge on a carrier.


The trouble is, my bike (a 2003 Trek 2300 road bike) has no holes as
far as I can see for screwing on a carrier, unlike the kerbside-
rescued mountain bike and my ancient (and extremely heavy) Repco,
which do have those holes.


Does this mean I can't use a carrier with my 2300 and would thus be
forced to ride one of my crappy bikes if I insist on panniers or are
there racks which will mount without needing to bolt into holes?


Travis


Someone makes a kit which mounts on the rear spindle to give you rack
mounting lugs.
Sorry I cannot find the details.

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I did a bit of Googling and followed links from other bike forums. One
linked to a mounting kit, but the site showed it as a discontinued
item. Never mind, I now had a couple of new Google search terms: "P
clips".

eBay has a zillion people selling P clips in all shapes and sizes and
various materials, in fact it looks like an ordinary piece of generic
hardware so I might swing by Bunnings over the weekend to find out if
they've got them in their nuts and bolts aisle.

I dropped in on a bike shop today and they showed me the TopPeak ones
which mount to a seat post. Maximum weight was 9kg which isn't great
but might be enough, but it was quite pricey. eBay prices were much
lower, but now that I know where to obtain P clips I think I might
just get a conventional one. Apart from the greater weight capacity,
and the lower price, and the fact that it's bolted onto the bike and
thus somewhat less likely to be pinched than the Topeak ones which
fastened with a quick release lever, they also have bars down the
sides which mean a pannier bag can be hung from it without it swinging
into the spokes. Toppeak have side skirt things for that, but that's
even more money.

The financial realities of being a student again mean I'm inclined to
check out the hardware store for some cheap clips rather than blow a
couple of hundred on a seat post mounted rack and bag.

Travis
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Old May 7th 11, 02:12 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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On Fri, 06 May 2011 06:12:32 -0700, Travis wrote:

eBay has a zillion people selling P clips in all shapes and sizes and
various materials, in fact it looks like an ordinary piece of generic
hardware so I might swing by Bunnings over the weekend to find out if
they've got them in their nuts and bolts aisle.


That's pretty much what I did several years ago. Saddle clamp (in the
hardware shop sense) of a roughly appropriate side, bent back on itself to
form a P-ish shape, with a bit of old inner tube to stop it rubbing away
the frame. Worked fine for carrying loads of 15kg+ on an old steel MTB.

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