TL/DR Just wondering bit anyone had ever fitted a rack or much bikepacking gear to their chisel and how they got around the lack of mounting points.
Mine has morphed over the summer into a much more everyday bike.
It started out as an X1 comp bought in late 2019 (2020 model?)
Since then I have swapped the bars and stem for a very short dmr stem and carbon riser bars, carbon s-works 'overendz'
The forks are Lauf TR Boost with 60mm travel
The wheels were changed to hope pro 4 with CX-Ray blades spokes and carbonal rims and Vittoria Mezcal tan-wall tyres.
To be honest I commissioned these through lockdown boredom and for the looks rather than because they offer any real world advantage. I am a bit of a weight weenie as well
The seatpost is a Thudbuster LT topped with a Fabric scoop elite. this brings its own clearance issues.
hope people can see the pictures, let me know if you cant
These changes make it great for the local trails which are mainly flat forest gravel. I live in one of the flattest parts of the UK on the edge of a large heathland/nature reserve with trails starting 1km from home.
It also needs to be an all-round bike as I am slightly challenged for storage, although I do also have 2 X Bromptons as well, plus an older sirrus hybrid, a Raleigh twenty awaiting restoration and an old Dawes English 3-speed that I keep at my mother's as a 'village bike'
So the Chisel is an everyday bike, though admittedly a rather OTT one.
This year I would like add a front rack/bag for going to the shops or work.
And also make the bike more bike-packable.
The chisel is devoid of braze-on and luggage mounts so this is a bit of an issue.
I have never been that fond of seat-pack bags anyway but the Thudbuster makes fitting one very awkward anyway.
I have ordered a pair of Baryak Mules to attach bottles/cages to the Lauf forks.
A conventional front rack is not possible (afaik) so I am thinking of adding a Timtas steerer-mounted front support and custom bag. I debated trying to source p-clips and a more conventional rack but I'm also nervous or attaching something like this to the carbon fork. i suppose that the stresses the steerer is designed for (i.e. people/crashes) should far outweigh the stresses of a rack so it should be ok
At the rear, to get round the lack of eyelets and the travel of the Thudbuster seatpost, I originally thought if a carradice bagman support and bag, but am now erring more towards a simple rack.
For the rack I like the Tailfin racks or the nitto R-10. Both these options mount at the seatpost and then either the thru axel or the seatstays which gets around the lack of eyelets.
The Tailfin can have eyelets/braze-on for cages on the support struts, this would be very handy and it would get used for more than just bikepacking so handy too.
i love the simplicity of the nitto
just wondering about peoples thoughts and ideas really.
