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CAMRAMan
Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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fuaran
rothair gasta
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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
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CAMRAMan
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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CAMRAMan
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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07 July, 2020, 11:46:34 am »
Yebbut that Cube rack is crap. Compare it to
this one
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.
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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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07 July, 2020, 11:47:50 am »
I use panniers that are stiff enough to not need additional support. YMMV
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Kim
Timelord
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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Kim
Timelord
Re: Rear Rack for a Cube ebike
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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.
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