Avenir Rear Road Bike Black
I bought two of these racks and have used them for over a year. One for commute, the other for recreational rides. If you have brazed-on eyelets that use standard M5 threaded screws, then this thing installs pretty quickly. Just mount the extension bars on the top loosely, then attach the rack, first securing the lower legs near the rear dropouts to braze-ons, and then near the rear brake on those braze-on eyelets. Less than 10 minutes for each bike. And it looks pretty good too. Plus it considerably reduces road spray on the back when it rains.
So far, the rack has held up just fine. The welding provides the optical illusion that the rack is somehow not square. And it may be slightly off. I would have dinged this rack a star, but my $50 Blackburn racks were actually a bit off and I gave them 4 stars, so this has to be a 5 star because of price-performance.
For commuting, light touring, and light shopping, this rack works great. It seems to hold quite a bit of weight, being rated for 25 lbs. Some folks might need more, but considering those folks probably need a custom-built 40+ spoke touring wheel for that kind of abuse, well, those folks can spend the money. This rack isn't for them. But it is for most folks with standard metric M5 screw thread braze ons. I haven't installed a rack like this ever using seat stay clamps. I'd rather break out the oxy-acetylene torch and silver solder and braze-on some mounts before using clamping hardware. But that's just me.
i want to know how to go about cycling trans america east to west. what equipment is best to use, how long it'll take and the best route?
BalasHapusI'm replacing my very old worn out GT mountain bike. I mostly ride my road bike these days, but there are some trails and logging roads I occasionally ride on where I perfer a mountain bike. I don't need anything fancy, my old bike didn't even have any suspension whatsoever. I think a hard-tail would be fine. I'm not young any longer and I don't do single track stuff. I would also take this Mt. bike on vacation and ride it on the road some My old GT had a low of 1:1 where the small chain ring and largest cassette gear were the same size. I liked that, considered it about right for low gear. I see lots of mountain bikes at Nashbar and Performance Bike and Bikes Direct under $400. Too many. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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