Hey! Straight to the problem. I have a Grizl CF SL 8 trail, which Im setting out in a few weeks to do the EDT. For the occasion I thought I should finally get a rack for the back, and some back panniers. Problem is that the trail has no screw holes for racks. So to solve this I bought a tailfin universal thru axle and an ortlieb quick rack. The quick rack was supposed to handle the size of my wheels…. But suprise, its too small. The rest of the system worked fine together 🙂
The ortlieb quick rack was perfect because it could wrap to the seat post which doesn’t have screw holes, also compatible to use with the thru axle. The back of the bike does not have options for racks either.
Any recommendations? Help 😅
by Mr-Brunost
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Well… I hacked something together some time ago, by getting the thru axle and the dropout releases from tailfin and attaching then to a standard racktime rack (I think it was a lite it Tour?). For this to work, I had to drill two holes into the dropouts of the rack, but I think they should be plenty strong. Then I got the a spare quick rack seattube clamp and stuck it on the rack. Watch out that you get a rack with flat dropouts so that you can easily drill the holes and attach the release clamps easily… Overall, this saved about 200€ compared to the full tailfin system…
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