I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere with attaching/detaching the pannier.
-- Ray Heindl (remove the Xs to reply to: [email hidden])
I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere with attaching/detaching the pannier.
Oh. That gives me an idea, how about grip-tape? Thanks for the inspiration!
I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.
This sounds like it would work, though it might make it harder to get the pannier on and off the rack with the hose clamps on there.
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:50:15 -0600, David Newman <[email hidden]>
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I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something out for myself.
Thanks,
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Dave
Steel hose clamp around the top tube of the rack to serve as a stop.
