Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?

[Philq]

Apologies if this has been done elsewhere but I'd be interested in others' experiences of fitting a rear rack to a disk braked Mercury.

I'm not intending to carry an enormous amount (I've got a Raven for that!) probably at max a couple of front panniers so currently I'm thinking of a Tubus Fly in stainless steel. Do these fit easliy enough round the disk brakes? Or is there a better alternative?

[mickeg]

Some friends of mine use Toppeak racks that have an extra offset at the bottoms of the legs to give brake units the clearance they need.

I am just listing this as an example:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/carriers-racks/topeak-super-tourist-dx-for-rear-rack-for-bikes-with-disc-brakes/

They might make other racks that are more applicable to your purposes, I did a search and that particular Toppeak rack was the first one for discs that my search gave me.  I did not research it any more than that.

I have not used these types of racks, but my only bike with disc brake in back has the brake unit on the chainstay instead of seatstay so I do not need such a modification.  But my friends are happy with the racks they got.

[Dave Whittle Thorn Workshop]

Does your Mercury have a TRP brake or Avid BB7?

[Philq]

Hi Dave, thanks for responding. My Mercury has Hope disks

[Dave Whittle Thorn Workshop]

In which case the Tubus rack will fit fine, but you will need to fit the mudguards with P clips to the rack. We have specially made Stainless clips for this purpose, if you call 01278 441505 we can sell you some.

[pinkbunnyok96]

ive fitted thorn rack to my mercury 2 years ago done a few tours never had a problem xt hydrolic fitted