So I got a heavy duty rack cause ei plan to haul a lot of stuff. But the frame I'm building around has round dropouts and not flush like my last one.
For your reference my old vs new frame: https://imgur.com/a/5jiSWAT
Will I face any issues to mount the rack on the new eyelets or is it a simple straight process? Do I maybe need some adaptors to make the rack more flush and thus sturdy?
by ThinkHog
2 Comments
The bolt you use will bear the weight from the rack, regardless if the rack sits flush with the frame or not. Make sure you use a robust bolt, and you should be good.
just fitted one on a frame like your new one. just bolted straight on with a little encouragement and its survived 40km with 5kg on it so far
if the bolts that come with it have locktite on, try treading a bottle cage bolt through it first, it looks like my frame had been painted without anything in the hole and i couldnt catch a thread. so i had to thread a bolt from the opposite side first to clear it out