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    any idea how to fix the rear rack slipping down?

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    1. june_plum on

      where are the legs? there should be legs underneath, where those posts are, that attach to either your axle or lower down on the seat stays. that rack does not look designed to merely be attached where it is

    2. Metaphoricalsimile on

      If you’ve fully tightened the nuts at the top of the forward stays and they are still rotating that easily., I don’t think there’s anything you can do to fix this.

    4. FurinaImpregnator on

      Isn’t it literally missing parts?? It’s supposed to have 2 legs connected to the frame on the weird 2 stubs on the front, no?

    5. Iamnumberyateen on

      You’ve assembled the rack incorrectly I think. The arms going to your seatstay lugs are upside down and on the wrong side. Swap the right to the left and out the left one on the right. They go sort of straight and then bend down towards the bike frame. The way you have them, they go down first then level off as they meet the bike frame.

      Next, slide the rack closer to the seatpost so that those silver colored arms protrude under the rack a little more than now. It looks like those arms have too much leverage and can pivot in the clamps.

      This might not help but worth a try. Also yes the others here are right that rack looks like it is missing some support but I’ve seen racks like these too and they’re not great but they work, sort of.

    6. pingas_42069 on

      take off the mounts and put some electrical tape down then bolt over that. ur triangle width is too thin it looks like with it shifting slightly

    7. hookydoo on

      I’ve got a similar one I got off Amazon. It’s crap, but it’s all that I could find that fits on my recumbent.

      There’s nuts on the inside at the rack to front support rod connector. Tight the crap out of those and it should help. It’s not ideal, but should work a bit. I’d tell you to tighten the bolts on your frame too, but I don’t want you to strip your frame threads

      Edit: I looked at the clip again. It’s crappy, but a zip tie from the rack to the seat post pulled right should help too. At this point maybe find a better rack though.

    9. IronFires on

      If you take those front aluminum rods and rotate them, so they curve the opposite direction, they will hit the leading edge of the rack and transfer force to the supports. It’s hard to describe so I made a little picture. Not sure if this is the right answer, but it might work. The top image is how I think it’s supposed to mount. The bottom picture is how you have it now.

      https://preview.redd.it/dqk19kmxbywf1.png?width=1275&format=png&auto=webp&s=84beb727b8e32eaf3df4b2f98ff1b746488a682f

    11. dedolent on

      lots of wrong answers in this thread. you can clearly see the p-clamps on the seat stays shifting.

      the people suggesting that you flip the struts around so that they curve downwards to the seat stays are correct, that is your only chance of stabilizing this setup as it is currently.

      you could also look into seatpost clamps that have rack mount threads, something [like this](https://www.amazon.com/Vincita-Seatpost-Clamp-Carrier-Fixation/dp/B07KM1HS6F?th=1).

      you can also get a rack that mounts to the seatpost, and only to the seatpost, though these are limited in their weight capacity.

      overall, track bikes like this are not well-suited to cargo setup.

      if you want to be a cool kid, front racks/baskets are the way to go. or a nice big backpack 🙂

      edit: one point i want to make is that the instability of this setup is not the fault of a poorly-made or cheap rack. this rack would be sufficiently sturdy on a bike that was built with the appropriate mounting points.

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