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General Category => The Knowledge => Topic started by: CAMRAMan on 06 July, 2020, 12:41:28 pm

Title: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: CAMRAMan on 06 July, 2020, 12:41:28 pm: A mate of mine has just bought one of these: https://www.cube.eu/en/2020/e-bikes/tour/nature-hybrid/cube-nature-hybrid-exc-500-allroad-blacknred-2020-trapeze/

He wants to fit a rack to the rear - not a beam rack - but there are no mounts on the seatstays. These are an unusual shape too. The best way I can describe them is rounded rectangular form. There are drilled holes by the dropouts, so I'm hoping the panel can come up with suggestions for ways of fitting a rack to the bike.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 06 July, 2020, 01:03:45 pm: https://www.cube.eu/en/equipment/components/luggage-racks/product/acid-rear-carrier-sic-28-rilink-black/
should work well according to
https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/which-rack-for-cube-cross-hybrid-exc-500-allroad.35747/

The mudguard stabilises the rack from rotating around the wheel.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: fuaran on 06 July, 2020, 01:16:48 pm: Or a seat post clamp with rack mounts.
eg https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-seat-clamp-with-rack-mounts-EV180195
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: CAMRAMan on 07 July, 2020, 09:53:25 am: Thanks. The seat clamp option is probably better. Cube parts tend to be hyper expensive, and the rack itself in the link doesn't offer any rearward pannier support.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 07 July, 2020, 10:20:40 am: https://bikester.co.uk/cube-acid-rilink-sic-pure-rack-29-black-1071788.html
or
https://www.theedge-sports.com/cycling-c18/cycling-accessories-c28/pannier-racks-and-bags-c546/acid-rear-carrier-sic-pure-28-rilink-black-p27598/s154644
is £27.

That seat clamp alone is £12.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: CAMRAMan on 07 July, 2020, 11:46:34 am: Yebbut that Cube rack is crap. Compare it to this one (https://www.merlincycles.com/tortec-transalp-disc-rack-71204.html?utm_source=PHG&utm_medium=AffiliateMarketing&utm_campaign=phg-GB&ucpo=16469&source=PHG) to see how the Tortec one provides proper support at the back for panniers that the Cube one doesn't. Similar seat clamps can be had for £7.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 07 July, 2020, 11:47:50 am: I use panniers that are stiff enough to not need additional support. YMMV
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: Kim on 07 July, 2020, 12:57:23 pm: Quote from: LittleWheelsandBig on 06 July, 2020, 01:03:45 pm
The mudguard stabilises the rack from rotating around the wheel.

My friend's sturdy German e-bike has a rack with this sort of arrangement. It took me quite a while to work out what looked wrong about it, and nearly as long to convince myself that it wasn't an engineering disaster waiting to happen.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 07 July, 2020, 01:11:03 pm: The Cube actually has a metal stay tucked under the plastic mudguard. Old French randonneuring bikes used the aluminium mudguard itself as the structural support, which has always struck me as somewhat bold.
Title: Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
Post by: Kim on 07 July, 2020, 01:34:34 pm: Yes, the mudguard turned out to have stainless steel reinforcement. Seems like a bit of a faff, but it means there's room for the nurse's lock above the seatstays.