# Racks, axels, and skewers.

**URL:** <https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612 "2016-01-11T12:33:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/al9000/32/7_2.png) [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612/21 "2016-01-17T14:36:39Z")

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> [@fixiechampion](#):
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> [![](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/woody_haste/IMG_7029.jpg)](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/woody_haste/IMG_7029.jpg)
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> [![](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/woody_haste/IMG_7027.jpg)](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/woody_haste/IMG_7027.jpg)

Don’t ride this setup. You’re compromising the clamping of the skewer to the fork significantly.

It’s not the weight on the rack that will undo you, it’s the braking forces acting on the dropout.

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**Author:** ![fixiechampion](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fixiechampion](https://fixed.org.au/u/fixiechampion)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612/22 "2016-01-17T23:49:40Z")

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Even with forward facing dropouts?

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**Author:** ![gypsy](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/gypsy/32/87_2.png) [@gypsy](https://fixed.org.au/u/gypsy)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612/23 "2016-01-17T23:52:16Z")

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fuark. dodgey bros™

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**Author:** ![fixiechampion](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fixiechampion](https://fixed.org.au/u/fixiechampion)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612/24 "2016-01-18T02:49:52Z")

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> [@AL9000](#):
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> Don’t ride this setup. You’re compromising the clamping of the skewer to the fork significantly.
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> It’s not the weight on the rack that will undo you, it’s the braking forces acting on the dropout.

so would a setup with a skewer designec for this likely be better? [Aluminium Alloy Bicycle Bike Front Pannier Rack Carrier | eBay](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aluminium-Alloy-Bicycle-Bike-Front-Rack-Carrier-/161347352070?hash=item25910d3606:g:ao8AAOSwuYVWnBzs)

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**Author:** ![iamsimon](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8baadc/32.png) [@iamsimon](https://fixed.org.au/u/iamsimon)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/racks-axels-and-skewers/68612/25 "2016-01-18T22:07:07Z")

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jeez, that looks fucked.  
why even run a front rack on that fork? get a decent bikepacking handlebar bag instead if you want stuff up front, and mount a rear rack if you really need to using tubus rack adapters/ p clamps if no rear mounts.

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