Hannah is out at the Sea Otter Classic in California, USA. It’s a four day festival of racing and a huge expo area. There are races for every type of …

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Sea Otter 2022: Aeroe Spider Rack makes any bike a long hauler

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Helpfully ’no longer available’ on the Wiggle site.

The leverage of that rear rack on the seatstay. 😱 Snapped stay ahoy!

Did the patent on their dads freeload rack design sold to Thule just expire ?

I was thinking of the Thule rack too

The leverage of that rear rack on the seatstay. 😱 Snapped stay ahoy!

Glad it’s not just me thinking that. Wouldn’t want anything heavy wobbling on it too much.

Hi @cheekysprocket – yes chain reaction sold out of all our products very quickly. They have another shipment arriving any week now, so would keep an eye out and should be good to order, Cheers aeroe

Hi @trail_rat / Terry, no Thule still have their full patents. All our new aeroe products all have their own patents – although attaches to stays a lot simpler, more stable and easy to use system that we have designed, with real focus on off road /gravel bikepacking – carrying dry bags/tents/sleeping bags as opposed to traditional panniers. Other focus with this range was designing a solution that caters for shorter people with no room under saddle for gear, providing options for people if they like to carry their gear low, or higher depending on handling preferences, and for full dropper post use where our previous freeload rack had limitations. Cheers aeroe

Hi @ThePinkster / @matt_outandabout totally get it, due to the cantilever it does look like their may be a bit of pressure on stays however no issues here as long as stick to install and weight limits etc, we have had internal and external reviews in conjunction with bike companies/designers on this. Between this product and our previous product the ‘freeload rack – now known as the thule pack and pedal’ people have been using these systems for the last 12 years with no issues at all. Cheers aeroe

@aeroe thanks for the explanation, much appreciated.