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Thanks for all the info. I saw those yepp racks and wondered if they would be a good solution, but it's not very well explained anywhere that they are an alternative to using any other rack plus a yepp adaptor. I also haven't been able to find a picture of a yepp rack mounted on a bike anywhere!
Anyway. Thanks for your help, great info!
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No worries. Until I actually had the racks etc in my hand it made more sense.
If you want any more photos, let me know.
The rear rack I’m using is one of these. It’s a bit shit to clamp the Yepp adapter on due to where the struts are and the base of the rack, and it’s only rated to 25kg, so I should probably upgrade it.
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I just got a Yepp Maxi, XL adapter and rear rack second hand. The rack is some cheap Azur one and it’s pretty average, but works for now. The Yepp XL adapter is like this one. Apparently you can run panniers behind the seat, but I never will. It’s pretty massive.
If I was buying new, I’d either get a Yepp rack (and do away with the adapter all together) or the smaller Yepp adapter. I will probably never run rear panniers (especially with the Clydesdale fork), so having a pannier rack seems pointless to me.
Yepp rack
Smaller Yepp adapter.
What I do like about the rack mounted seat is I can easily take off the seat and just have a rear rack.
You can see the length of the Yepp adapter vs the length of the Azur rack here.
To answer your question, any rack that can hold 25kg+ would be fine. I looked at the Surly ones, but they seem overkill. As I said, if I replace the rear rack, it will be with the Yepp one that doesn’t require an adapter.