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• #52
Having just purchased a dedicated tourer my Axiom Streamliner is going spare. It's got some rub marks on top from where the panniers were attached (I should have wrapped some tape around it) but otherwise it's good as new.
Yours for 50% of the best in-stock online price you can find!Edit: Now sold.
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• #53
Just read through this thread as I'm also looking for a mounting device for my road bike which doesn't have mounts. Do we all agree that these Axiom Streamliner are the way to go?
Having read a few other forums on these, I have a few questions i hope someone can help with:
- Do you ever get your heal striking the panniers?
- How sturdy are they when loaded with, say 15KG load? I have read that they tend to move around a lot and in some cases strike the tyre.
- Would I be better to get one of these or a Topeak style seatpost mounted job for a week's touring (with minimal clothing/extras)?
cheers
- Do you ever get your heal striking the panniers?
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• #54
- nope (but this will depend on how big your panniers are/how long your cranks/feet/chainstays are)
- never had any probs with ~15Kg - apart from handling taking a while to get used to with all the weight at the back
- seatpost mounted tend to be rather bouncy and also raise the c.o.g - have you looked at big saddlebags + frambags instead, might be a better bet if you can cut down some of your load?
- nope (but this will depend on how big your panniers are/how long your cranks/feet/chainstays are)
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• #55
That depend on the panniers, a good one will have enough adjustability to move it away from your heels, cheap one have little to no adjustability.
That doesn't sound likely, long you install it properly, I can't see any reason why it would, it's largely down to the frame than rack.
Maybe, or a bikepacking method removing the need for racks reducing the weight further.
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• #56
So my shoulders are saying enough dragging tons of shit on them... So have been looking at getting rack and panniers set up. Went down to Brixton Cycle over weekend and they suggested a couple of P clips for the seat stays and then drill open the hole on the QR rack plates thingy to 10mm to allow them to go into the dropouts. Sounds easy enough, but does 10mm rack plate thingy not exist at all?
Funny enough I saw a guy that I wish I had stopped him politely and ask abou his is setup. He was riding a fixed and had some complicate looking attachment onto his dropouts for his rack...
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• #57
Just how much you need to carry? you can always get those seatpost mounted rack.
Good news! Having had a look it seems there should be plenty of room for the supporting plate to run beneath the straddle cable.
Now I just have to find somewhere that stocks it.