Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for new rear rack. I currently have old rack that I got with my first bike (about 20 years ago) so it shows its age.

I considered 2 options:

aluminum rack

cheaper option, they are everywhere

CrMo steel rack

durability, weight, less probability of corrosion of my CrMo frame.

So if you have some specific suggestions I would like to read them. I was looking at Tubus racks (grand tour and Logo) and some Decathlon options.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My bike came with a tubus cargo classic. No complaints here. Solid and sturdy and ive exceeded the weight limit plenty of times with no issues. The only thing to be mindful of: if you use the standard type rackpack, ie the narrow one and not the ortlieb duffel, mounting panniers blocks off any easy access to the top of the rack, I have to strap my rackpack down with ratchet straps, luckily the altura dryline packs have plenty of spots to thread the straps through. If you use the narrow rackpacks and cant strap through them then go with something with seperate side mounts from the top bars like the logo's and grand tour

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah I am looking at the Logo and Grand tour models for double rails so you can mount the bags lower and acces the top.

Also I am looking to replace more of my gear because lot of it is old or borrowed from friends (like bags or tent/tarp).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think they give that weight limit only because over - was it 25kg? - they are considered save for child transport and they don't want the liability or something like that. You can read for every rack what weight they actually tested the racks with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didnt know that. Yeah I think it is 25kg or there about. Thats reassuring to know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Found the statement here:

ISO 11243:2016 requires that all luggage carriers with a carrying capacity of 27 kg or more automatically be approved for the attachment of child seats, too. In our opinion, transporting children on luggage carriers is dangerous, so we voluntarily restrict the carrying capacity of tubus luggage carriers to max. 26 kg, thus excluding the attachment of child seats and/or the transport of children on our carriers. This restriction has only the legal reasons mentioned above. tubus carriers are still tested with considerably higher luggage loads (which are specified for each product in brackets).

Your Cargo Classic was tested with 40kg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Thats reassuring, thanks for that. Going to check what my front rack was tested for now :)