Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

When people rest their saddlebags on a rack, rather than a Bagman support, what is the go to to stop it bouncing up and down? Strap under rack top?

I mean what stops it bouncing up and down when it's on a bagman?

The strap that goes around the back of the bagman.

It doesn't really though, it still flops around. I just loop the straps that close the lid around the
bagman or rack

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When I put my Carradice on a rack-as-support, I use the strap that normally goes round the seatpost to tie it to the rack. Seems to work well enough and keeps it from sliding/bouncing too much. But...it's still a bag on the back of the bike so a fair amount of bouncing will happen to whatever's in there if riding over rough ground/trail.

Just fitted swept back bars to my commuter. Pretty happy that I managed to retain the original brake levers.

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Do you have exceptionally long fingers? Cool bike though

My brother needs a functional commuter/dad bike. It has to be on the cycle to work scheme. Dynamo would be great.
Is there a go to option (I think something has been mentioned before)?
Budget is max £850ish

not many brands offering dynamo off the peg in the UK, so I think the best bet would be Decathlon (also decent enough on other metrics). This is £500

Question for the hive.

I have a Trek Crockett frame I’m going to build up flat bar again, this time single speed.

I’d like to a front basket for breakfast shopping etc is there an option for thru axles and no fork mounts?

Maybe the old man mountain divide etc? I guess you can use the cable tie mounts on any shape fork blades.

Or get a diff fork like - I think this build is great.

Oosh, rack supported by mudguard, mudguard supported by rack... Is that safe? Guessing it is for light loads.

Stainless reinforcements on the rear rack suggests that it's meant for use with panniers..

Seems to be loads of bikes doing this. No idea how it works. I guess the vertical load is all from the rack and the mudguard attachment is only to stop it rotating around the mounts?

See Herse, Singer et al.

It's mounted like any other rack but the support stay is under the mudguard

It seems anti-functional

1. Mudguards and rack now depend upon each other whereas previously they could be used independently. Extra weight some of the time and much harder to replace
   
2. The fore/aft motion of the rack is now constrained by a springy piece of metal (that will contact your tyre in extremis) instead of a rigid rod connected to the frame. The loading capacity/versatility is going to be compromised
   
3. The mudguard strut is in a worse position, it should be radial
   
   

The front one makes more sense because it's triangulated at the fork crown and the mudguard is just supported by the rack rather than the other way around

Isn't that the @Velocio deluxe hybrid from many years ago - sure he could tell you how it's holding up

It is.

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Very much ahead of its time.

It's a beauty for sure.

Really interested to know how the racks held up after all the info above.

Pretty sure it's fine. Cube sells bikes like that

yeah, they use the same thing under the mudguard.

So this bit goes through the brake bridge? That makes sense.

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Lots of big European brands do it on their E bikes plus folk like Trek too