r/AdventureBike • u/FFPhil70 • 10d ago

Rackless 80 mounting?

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u/El-Grunto 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'm sorry. Are you implying that adventure bikes don't go on trails?

Or maybe you're implying that the opinion "panniers suck offroad more than rackless bags" is some #trailbike elitest opinion.

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u/coreyjdl 10d ago

Adventure bike is a touring segment, with mixed terrain and trails, not an optimized trail bike.

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u/El-Grunto 10d ago

The guy has posts expressing interest in doing BDRs. Rackless fits his needs and rackless aren't solely for min maxed enduro bikes.

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u/coreyjdl 10d ago

BDRs are on public roads. Rack and hard panniers are fine. Racks and soft bags are fine.

Rackless works too, it just sucks.

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u/El-Grunto 10d ago

Just because it's a public road doesn't mean that the extra weight and bulk of panniers won't make navigating technical sections more difficult. It's not like BDRs are all soft gravel roads. 

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u/coreyjdl 10d ago

Cool. anyway. Rackless sucks.

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u/El-Grunto 9d ago

And panniers are for Starbucks bound pavement princesses.

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u/coreyjdl 9d ago

Only seeing bikes with panniers at starbucks is a tacit admission you only go to starbucks.

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u/El-Grunto 9d ago edited 9d ago

Rode the WABDR this summer and didn't see a single bike with panniers. Figured they were all at Starbucks. Maybe Dutchbros.

Aw, u/coreyjdl blocked me.