How far below the rack is the side bar for mounting panniers? My panniers stick up above my current rack and was wondering if this rack's is lower.
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Concur with all the other responses. My panniers are flush with the top of the rack. I think it's a very good design. I bike 10 miles one way and my panniers carry my work clothes no problem. Also the rack lets me bungee cord additional items on top of the rack (lunch box).
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The distance from the top of the tube on the rack to the top of the tube where the panniers mount is 1.75". Hope this helps.
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About 1-7/8 inches. IMO, it is a bit high. I have folding baskets attached to it, and find the center of gravity to be a bit high at times.
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Thank you for your question. It is really hard to determine if this bag would fit on your bike. Here is a link directly from the Nelson-Rigg website explaining the installation of this bag. "http://www.nelsonrigg.com/installation/Install%20saddlebags.pdf" They recommend a minimum of 1" clearance above exhaust pipe. Since I am unable to see your bike personally, its hard to say yes or no. Please have a look at the link above for more information. Thanks in advance Riders Island
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Donald, It looks like the center locking clamp will attach with no issue, but the lower hook that is used to stablize the pannier may or may not stay put on the lower part of the rack. Based on the rack image, it looks like most hooks would have an issue so I am not 100% positive if this pannier would work with this rack. If you can get this to work, they have been great and I am going on 3 years without any issues. Tom
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I don't personally have panniers on my bike. But there seems to be room enough to accommodate them. without cover being too big.
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The top of the rack itself has a 15 1/2" platform. Mine sits a few inches back from seat post tube. The distance from post tube to the back of rack is 21". My seat however extends 1" over the front of the rack, leaving 14 1/2" of space for a very high basket or pack. All of this depends somewhat on your bike geometry since the rack is adjustable. You shouldn't have a problem with the basket extending over the back of the rack however (it's very sturdy) so it will probably work for you.
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I have mine mounted with an open 1/2 rack space above it and have no issues so far. Nice amp.
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I was limited for space on my 60" wall, so I hung four brackets 12" apart and like you're planning, alternated them between high and low. I own four 26" Specialized mountain bikes with standard length handlebars. To make them fit, I inverted (faced downwards) the lower bracketed bikes and kept the upper bracketed bikes facing upwards. The clearance between the handlebars is 1-2". The reason I hang it that way is so I can take any bike out without having it interfere with the others. Hope this helps.
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Mine is actually mounted on the bottom rear bumper frame. I've only used it on bike racks.
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The bags cannot be separated. The middle section is 6 inches wide. There are plastic inserts that you have to install in the panniers to make them stay ridgid. They do lie flat if you don't install these, but they may be prone to getting caught in the spokes. You could probably fashion some type of backboard on your rack to prevent that.
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Topeak also makes a rack that fastens in the pre-threaded holes on the bike frame near the rear wheel hub. Reply back if you have any questions and I'll get you a link to the other type of rack
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Hi GP, thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, our "Fork Base Unit" can't be mounted over the top of most rear racks.Regards, Bike Balance
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Hi Daniel, no you don't. I have two sets of panniers. One Deuter and one Darche. The Darche ones are not compatible but the deuter ones are. You will just have to look at the mounting system when you buy.
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I am with Brian S. on this, you will need a "Seat Post Mounted" Rack for your bike.
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The rack hangs about 3 inch below the axle and the bottom of my Ortlieb pannier hangs about 4 inch below the axle. If there is about 10 inch below the axle on a 20 inch wheel, it should work.
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I bought this rack mainly to use on our 5th wheel but so far have only used it on the pickup truck. As the bike wheels sit in the rack holders they don't really hang down but with the rack coming straight out from the receiver hitch (which is already below bumper height) the wheels then are below the bumper. I have found no problems with ground clearance. If that is your concern I guess you could get one of those step up adapters to raise the rack a few inches. Hope that helps. Cheers. PS my rack will not be bolted to the bumper as my 5th wheel has a receiver hitch as well.
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Sorry I misunderstood you question. It's a little less than 1/2" surface to bottom of rack.
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I have a fatbike with 26x4 tires, it does it but barely. Have to spread the rack a little bit to fit it on, and there's less than 2 inches clearance on the top of the tire to the rack. But it works great, carries panniers and without any other modifications can't beat the price.