06-26-2004, 10:16 AM
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:04:16 +0800, Michael J. Klein
<mklein@mousepotato.com> wrote in message
<3lppd0d1pni7vhtdocakqdd5kkifb1ta11@4ax.com>:
>I asked my LBS about putting a rear cargo rack on my new Yukon MTB.
>He said that nobody does that, and it would limit my use of the bike
>for off-roading.
He lied. I have a rack on my MTB and so do lots of other people I
know. The Yukon is a hartail, right? The rack will not be in the
way. Only if you wanted to hang right over the rear wheel in extreme
descents would it be an issue - and in that case you'd probably be on
the wrong bike anyway ;-)
>The reason that I have an MTB for street use is the
>nature of the roads here. Often they are un-improved and differing
>levels which I feel could be more easily negotiated by a mountain bike
>rather than a road/comfort bike. Given that I don't use it for actual
>hardcore off-roading, are there any other considerations about
>mounting a rear cargo rack on my MTB, other than it looking retarded?
None, probably. I had to use P-clips on my MTB because the rack I had
spare didn't have a brake bridge mounting bar, you can get three-point
mounting racks which bolt to the brake bridge if you don't have
braze-ons. You might have trouble if you don't have eyelets, but I've
never seen a bike which didn't have at least one set of eyelets.
Sometimes you get single eyelets and have to share the bolt with the
mudguards [fenders] and sometimes you get double eyelets.
As to looking dorky, well, I'm not qualified to comment. We have
seven active bikes in the family (4 MTBs, one tourer, a recumbent and
a triplet) and every one is fitted with a rack.
Guy
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