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Our Racks and AeroPacks have been designed to fit a wide range of bikes. Wondering if it’ll fit your bike? Read on below for a summary.
Over the years we’ve seen customers fit to full-sus MTBs, TT bikes and tandems too. If your bike has a standard QR Axle or Thru-Axle you should be able to use our products. There are some bikes however that we don’t yet have a solution for though, and we’ll outline these below.
Fat Bikes
Fat bikes use large rear hubs and wide chain stays to fit the enormous tyres these bikes are known for. Unfortunately, the width of the chain stays is wider than the width of our carbon and alloy arches and so it’s not possible to stretch the arch in place. A few companies do produce specific fat bike racks for this reason. It’s worth noting that all our panniers ship with 8,10 & 12mm inserts to fit third-party racks too.
Folding Bikes
Folding bikes typically use small wheels and what we call ‘solid axles’ – that is a threaded axles that forms part of the rear wheel and can’t be easily removed. As it’s not possible to remove the original rear axle and replace with a Tailfin version it’s not possible to attach a Tailfin Rack/AeroPack. A second consideration is the narrow frames used on folding bikes, these are usually much narrower than road bikes due to the small wheels used and our arches cannot be safely compressed to fit to these frames.
E-Bikes (some)
E-bikes on the market usually place the motor in one of two locations; at the cranks or in the rear wheel. Bikes that used crank based motors also use standard rear axles and so it is possible to fit an AeroPack/Rack to these bikes (Specialized’s Creo is an example of this).
Some brands position the motor in the rear wheel itself – these are usually on road/gravel e-bikes and not typically seen on MTBs. Like the folding bikes described above, these rear wheels use a solid axle and specific locking nuts to secure the rear wheel. Our axles are not compatible with this type of wheel and so it is currently not possible to attach an AeroPack/Rack to this type of e-bike. We are currently working on solutions for these bikes though, join our Mailing List to keep up-to-date with all our new product releases
A few e-bikes with hub motors also include rack mounts on the frame itself so it may be possible to use our Frame Mount Adaptors instead. We recommend contacting your frame manufacturer to check if there are any weight limits on for Racks though.
Fixies/Single-speeds
Like folding bikes mentioned above, most fixed/single-speed bikes use a solid threaded axle that is not compatible with our axles. The forkend style dropouts used on these frames also mean it’s not easy to switch to a QR wheel as it will be difficult to set the correct chain tension. Many fixed gear frames were intended for velodromes and so the majority do not include rack mounts either. A few do though and so you may be able to use Frame Mount Adaptors (check with your frame’s manufacturer beforehand).
SuperBoost Rear Hubs
Our thru-axles are sized to fit 142mm and 148mm rear hubs (road/gravel and MTB hubs respectively). A few mountain bike brands are using a wider rear hub known as ‘SuperBoost’, measuring 157mm, with claimed increases in wheel strength and stiffness. Right now our Thru-Axles are not long enough to securely fit this wider standard though. There are no immediate plans to develop a longer Thru-Axle, but we are continually working on new products, so be sure to sign up to our Mailing List to keep up to date.
