My Trek Madone 5.9 has 34mm carbon seat post. The clamp for this maxes out at 31.4mm. Any idea how to use a beam rack in this situation?
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My answer is gonna be pure gut feeling. I would not hang any heavy accessories on to a carbon seat post as these are probably designed to take workloads from top towards the bottom, any other load pulling in any other direction such as a rack where someone could accidentally be attracted to sit on and hence could break your carbon seatpost. If you really need a rack, I would replace your carbon seatpost with a steel one. Minimum weight loss if you are gonna intall a rack.
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My wife has a Schwinn Midmoor 700c bike that is hooked on the top of the s shaped frame, there is some adjustment left. You could not hook on the lowest tube where the crank is located. Her bike has traveled over 6,000 miles on the sportrack without problem.
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Yes but depends on the type of rack if it hold bike by the wheels no problem. If by the tubing between stem and seat post you will need a Saris Bike Beam Accessory I picked one up for 20 dollars at Walmart works great.
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I think it's probably a "no-go". From the pictures I saw, the Catrike only has a chain stay (the horizontal bar between the rear axle and the bottom bracket) and no seat stays (the diagonal bar that ascends from the rear axle up to some point on the seat tube). The seat stay is the bar to which the Thule rack attaches. Granted, on a full suspension bike, there is not much of an angle between the two...but there's enough. Based on the diameter of the wheel, I don't think you'd get enough clearance between the rack and the rear wheel.
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The stand holds the bike by the seat post, so the frame material is not relevant. If you have a carbon seat post you may want to use an aluminum post to work on the bike.
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Will fit any rack with a hole drilled in the back for the nut and bolt. I have a Trek rack on my Bianchi comfort bike that had a reflector mounted to the rear of the rack. I removed the reflector and bolted on the Cygolite Rack Mount. Quick and east and works perfectly. Hope this answers your queston.
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I use it on my carbon fiber frame and haven't had any problems. You can always buy the Saris Bike Beam which attaches from the seat post to the handlebar stem. I have that as well, but I don't use it all the time.
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A seat post mounting clamp comes with the seat and was pre-installed. I am pretty sure the posts are standard size for most bikes. This one seems to be about 7/8". You could always use the one that came with the original seat for the Sedona Giant.
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Ivy, both of the bikes i have have a horizontial top bar. Given each clamp that hold the bikes are adjustable, I would assume you can make it adjustable. To be on the safe side, I would look for a different style of bike rack to use.Good Luck,E. Daniels
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I would not waste your money on this product. I'd strongly suggest an upgrade to the Bones. It works great and we love the secure feeling we have using it. According to Saris fit guide, your vehicle will accommodate the bike rack, check for yourself http://www.saris.com/en/vehicle-racks.html
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I clamped it to a 26.8 Schwinn Suburban seatpost. With its shape though, I think it's a little variable based on how much you screw it.
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Sorry to hear about your theft - seems like nothing is sacred anymore. The clamp for post tightens up to hold it on to frame & also adjusts onto seat. My post is approximately 1" wide. A bike shop can help you. Good luck. Carol
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You will need a metric allen wrench and adjustable wrench. Set you seat and post to the correct height then remove seat from the seat post. Clamp the rack with the appropriate plastic spacer to the seat post (not the bike frame). Tighten the allen screws until tight. Do not over tighten as you could break the screws then replace the seat. The rack, can still be moved if you push hard sideways on it but is very stable. I have used mine for a long time and have no problems with it.
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I have a 26" Trek with crosstrail type tires and it works perfectly - the clamps keep it pretty firmly upright. Not sure how wide your tires are, the wider ones may make more noise.
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Good day, this is compatible with nearly all types of bikes. How close to the ground it may be will depend on the vehicle. This extends from under the seat to under the handlebars, so that should help if you hold the bike up to the carrier and visualize this beam across that area, it should give you a fair idea of how much clearance you will have. Thanks!
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Bryan, that's a hard question to answer. The brake shoes are 30 mm from the center of the post to the rear and require at least 30mm of clearance so that they don't run into the front fork. For the rear brake, the shoe measures 25 mm from the center post to the front of the shoe (the part facing forward), so you would need at least 25 mm of clearance. However, the amt of clearance for the front brake depends upon the inner width of the front fork, and how many washers you could stand to install to mount the brake arms. Sorry, can't answer this exactly, since I don't know the dimensions of your bike. I can tell you that these are very good brake shoes, at least as good as the best Campagnolo shoes and maybe better. The only sure fire way of checking for fit is to buy a couple and try them out. I would like to mount them on some vintage Campy Super Record, single pivot brake arms on my time trial bike that has a Reynolds Ouzo Pro carbon fork, but they won't fit, and there is nothing I can do.
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If your bicycle doesn't have the threaded eyelets mentioned in the other posts, there are some available products that will do the trick. There are two products listed on Amazon, XLC Seatpost Clamp With Rack Mount and Sunlite Mono Stay Adapter, that attach to the seat post and provide two places to attach the support braces. There is another product listed on Amazon, Dimension Seatstay Rack Clamps, which clamps around the seatstay bars. Regardless of which method you use, the rear rack support arms will need to be bent into the correct position. This is not a design flaw with the rack, rather, it is an issue that comes from designing a rack to fit multiple bike frames. Good Luck! If your bicycle doesn't have the threaded eyelets mentioned in the other posts, there are some available products that will do the trick. There are two products listed on Amazon, XLC Seatpost Clamp With Rack Mount and Sunlite Mono Stay Adapter, that attach to the seat post and provide two places to attach the support braces. There is another product listed on Amazon, Dimension Seatstay Rack Clamps, which clamps around the seatstay bars. Regardless of which method you use, the rear rack support arms will need to be bent into the correct position. This is not a design flaw with the rack,... » Read More If your bicycle doesn't have the threaded eyelets mentioned in the other posts, there are some available products that will do the trick. There are two products listed on Amazon, XLC Seatpost Clamp With Rack Mount and Sunlite Mono Stay Adapter, that attach to the seat post and provide two places to attach the support braces. There is another product listed on Amazon, Dimension Seatstay Rack Clamps, which clamps around the seatstay bars. Regardless of which method you use, the rear rack support arms will need to be bent into the correct position. This is not a design flaw with the rack, rather, it is an issue that comes from designing a rack to fit multiple bike frames. Good Luck! « Show Less