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Philq
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Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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November 11, 2018, 10:35:39 AM »
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?
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mickeg
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Re: Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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November 11, 2018, 02:59:04 PM »
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.
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Dave Whittle Thorn Workshop
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Re: Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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November 12, 2018, 11:46:45 AM »
Does your Mercury have a TRP brake or Avid BB7?
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Philq
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Re: Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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November 12, 2018, 12:20:08 PM »
Hi Dave, thanks for responding. My Mercury has Hope disks
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Dave Whittle Thorn Workshop
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Re: Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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November 13, 2018, 10:28:53 AM »
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.
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pinkbunnyok96
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Re: Recommended rear rack for Mercury with disk brakes?
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January 25, 2019, 07:50:58 AM »
ive fitted thorn rack to my mercury 2 years ago done a few tours never had a problem xt hydrolic fitted
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