fitting mudguards and rear rack
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fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:46 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby eeksll » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:57 pm
or just paste the link, people will wrk it out
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:05 pm
It's possible to do. I had a similar problem on the rear of my commuter, fixed it with a longer bolt and some old chain rollers as spacers.
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:20 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby queequeg » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:37 pm
Well, I can see that it has fender & rack mounts on the frame and forks. You may just need to get the official Electra ones to get a good fit.blompod wrote:Thanks guys hope that worked, heres the pic, oh it did work cool, yes it has a front rack but I absolutely need a rear rack and guards
Have a look at http://store.electrabike.com/eSource/ec ... fault.aspx for some options.
I have two Electra Townies, and we had them fitted with Electra guards and racks when we bought them, so it looks seamless.
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:51 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby A_P » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:57 pm
http://www.topeak.com/products/Racks/Ex ... _discMount
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:04 am
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby il padrone » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:10 am
Hmm......A_P wrote:topeak make a disk brake specific pannier rack
http://www.topeak.com/products/Racks/Ex ... _discMount
Just don't put too much weight on it, or ride over rough roads loaded up
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:21 am
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:36 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby find_bruce » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:04 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby il padrone » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:16 pm
Not at all. 'Tis aluminiumblompod wrote:That topeak rack is steel hey? just spot weld a rod from new where it broke to reinforce it problem solved????
I have seen at least two other similar breaks. The thing that breaks first is the mounting bolt - the widely spread rack needs a longer bolt and leverage acts on it (even when tightened up tight) and causes it to shear off. Could carry spare bolts of course, but when the stub breaks off in the frame, with no protruding end.....
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby il padrone » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:17 pm
+1find_bruce wrote: I would be looking at something more like the Tubus Disco.
Bloody good idea. That cruiser does not seem to have upper rack mounts on the seat stay (and the low stays are unlikely to work with P-clamps). You may also need to consider something like this (from Wiggle)
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby blompod » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:03 pm
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby find_bruce » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:38 pm
Let me google that for youblompod wrote:where can the disco be purchased and will it clear a disk brake and would it fit a cruiser like that? My bike so doesnt have quick release wheels either
The rack only comes in one size, said to fit bikes with disc brakes equipped with either 26" or 700C wheels.
I am way too lazy to search for the specs of your particular bike, but it looks like it has 26" wheels so it may have extra clearance over the wheel, but this will depend precislely on where you choose to mount it.
If you don't want the quick release, don't use it - the rack will be just as happy mounted to a bolted axle or the rack mounts.
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby il padrone » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:28 pm
You would however, need to drill out the skewer-sized lower holes to axle-size..... and maybe even slot them for easier fitting if you have long axle ends.find_bruce wrote:If you don't want the quick release, don't use it - the rack will be just as happy mounted to a bolted axle or the rack mounts.
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby find_bruce » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:26 pm
If not blompods will need to make sure he can use the rack mounts & it's a bit hard to tell
Also it seems tubus actually make 2 different size racks, despite websites listing them as one. The dimensions are on the tubus website
A couple of cheaper alternatives are the Axiom Streamliner Disc DLX
And the Axiom Journey Disc
It seems King St Cyclery have the journey disc in stock in black $60 so I might have ride over & have a look
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Re: fitting mudguards and rear rack
Postby il padrone » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:34 am
Personally I reckon blompod should seriously consider converting his hubs to quick-release axles to be able to run something like the Disco.
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