Topeak Racks

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Topeak make racks which fit just on the seat post, for full suspension bikes. They make bags to
match, too. Any views? I'd like to be able to carry a change of clothes and some odds and ends to
work without carrying a rucksac.

They work but I found that mine oscillates laterally.

Ian G Batten said:

Topeak make racks which fit just on the seat post, for full suspension bikes. They make bags to
match, too. Any views? I'd like to be able to carry a change of clothes and some odds and ends to
work without carrying a rucksac.

I've got a Blackburn seatpost rack on my MTB and use it with my regular Ortlieb Front Roller
panniers. I am obliged to do thus as the useless cretinous morons at Trek made the positions of the
rack eyelets asymmetrical so as to be able to put disc brake mounts on the frame. It works fine.

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Ian G Batten said:

Topeak make racks which fit just on the seat post, for full suspension bikes. They make bags to
match, too. Any views? I'd like to be able to carry a change of clothes and some odds and ends to
work without carrying a rucksac.

No direct experience of either, but I've heard lots of nice things about Carradice's SQR rack/bags
that clip onto the seat post. There are also various options with a Rixen and Kaul KlickFix mount
you might wat to look at.

Pete.
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Ian G Batten said:

Topeak make racks which fit just on the seat post, for full suspension bikes. They make bags to
match, too. Any views? I'd like to be able to carry a change of clothes and some odds and ends to
work without carrying a rucksac.

ian

I've no experience of the seat post type, but their regular racks are IMHO made of cheese.

Chris

Peter Clinch said:

No direct experience of either, but I've heard lots of nice things about Carradice's SQR rack/bags
that clip onto the seat post.

I've got one of these, and I'm very happy with it. Though it is very easy to mark your seatpost by
over-tightening the allen bolts.

Simon

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Topeak make racks which fit just on the seat post, for full suspension bikes. They make bags to
match, too. Any views? I'd like to be able to carry a change of clothes and some odds and ends
to work without carrying a rucksac.

They work but I found that mine oscillates laterally.

We didn't need to know that! ;-)
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CARRIERS folks.

Not racks.

Racks is Amerukun..

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Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee said:

CARRIERS folks.

Not racks.

Racks is Amerukun..

Carriers are what dangle on the back of a car to carry bikes. Racks are what dangle on the back of a
bike to carry luggage.

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Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee said:

CARRIERS folks.

Not racks.

I think this is an Irish usage, Garry.

Over here 'racks' and 'carriers' are used fairly interchangeablely for what you put on cars and
carry your bike on. 'Racks' are what you put your panniers on or park your bike in. AFAIK 'carrier'
is not used for what you put your panniers on.

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Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee said:

CARRIERS folks.

Not racks.

Racks is Amerukun..

Carriers are what they give away (in the UK at least) in supermarkets for the portage of ones
purchases out of the shop and beyond.

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Michael MacClancy said:

Over here 'racks' and 'carriers' are used fairly interchangeablely for what you put on cars and
carry your bike on. 'Racks' are what you put your panniers on or park your bike in. AFAIK
'carrier' is not used for what you put your panniers on.

Yup. My first exposure to them was motorcycle usage in the 70s and 80s, I'd think before merkinisms
became commonplace, and one wouldn't generally hear them referred to as anything other than a rack,
especially where used with panniers (i.e., "pannier rack" common, "pannier carrier" non-existent).

And rack-packs go on, errr, racks.

Pete.
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