Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.

Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

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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] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I am currently using a tubus vega, but it doesn't have lower rails for the panniers, i think it works fine with small (basically front) panniers though. There is also racktime, which is tubus' aluminium line basically. They have some nice racks, used one (addit) for a few years without complaints.*

Tubus is pricey but they also give a very good guarantee.

Not sure about heel drag compensation for any of those, my bike already has kind of a long chainstay to avoid that.

*edit: actually that is not true, i have a complaint: at the spot where the lower pannier mount touches the rack there is some serious shaving of the aluminium going on. I have never put tape on those mount points, which i think is recommended. That was after about 12000km of touring. Other than that i really liked the rack. I hope the tubus will shave less, i am using tape now too.

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

Yeah I think the heel drag problem is bigger for me because I have the click-system pedals (shimano SPD), so the part on the axle of the pedal is relatively in front of the foot.

I do love products that offer a good guarantee, it ends up really paying off.