Ortlieb Quick Rack UPDATE

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Hey folks, after having used the Ortlieb quick rack for over a year now I want to give you an update and tell you about how it hold up, talk about the mudguard and how to attache a light and get into some compatibility issues.
Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:38 How did it hold up?
01:11 Fitting
01:54 Is it worth the price?
02:24 Ortlieb mudguard
04:03 Can't it easily be stolen?
04:16 Seat Stay Adapter
04:34 Light adapter
05:05 Interchangeability
05:47 Can it be mounted to oval shaped seat posts?
06:37 Not for carrying children!
06:42 Not compatible with trailers
07:09 How does it compare to other rack on the market?
07:32 Summary
07:58 Outro

Пікірлер: 37

@lotascott 4 ай бұрын

Excellent review - just what I was looking for as part of my decision on which rack to buy.

@thibaudrebour1842 7 ай бұрын

Merci pour cet update, c''est si souvent envisagé mais rarement réalisé alors que très utile. Tip Top.

@gozdovnik 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very extensive review.

@infeltk 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the episode. Is is very helpfull to me. For light cable you can drill holes and insert cable through tube

@jeremyw.465 2 ай бұрын

Ok yes I could imagine that two little holes should be possible without weakening the rack👍

@krinkko381 7 ай бұрын

Dude I'm also on the Gravere and i absolutely dig your setup man :D

@Wilhelm369 2 ай бұрын

thanks for the update!

@nickgoogle4525 7 ай бұрын

The quick update was one of your longer videos.... Just kiddin'. Always great content and to the point! Thanks for sharing. I thought about buying the Ortlieb rack but in the end decided to buy the Tubus Vega Classic and just leave it attached to the bike. I see no real benefit to remove it. For single tracks maybe, but for those I use my MTB. I am happy with the Vega.

@jeremyw.465 7 ай бұрын

Tanks^^ Yes that is what I want to let people now. One doesn't need it, it is a nice thing to have but definitely not necessary. Tubus makes awesome racks and the Vega classic is a great choice! Thanks for the comment ;)

@davidbeacham5786 Ай бұрын

Very clear, thank you.

@pezza100 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful.

@SonnyDarvishzadeh 6 ай бұрын

Well presented. I have the light version and the quick release mechanism is really close to the thru-axle handle, making it difficult to dis-/ mount, so I can imagine how attaching a trailer could cause a conflict. But overall, it's a smart design and well-built product. Plus the gravel bags, they're great for shorter multi-day trips.

@jeremyw.465 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Which bike do you have? On many Gravel bike the handle of the trough axle is only attached via a magnet so you might be able to take that out by pulling it. Then it would be less in the way of the quick release mechanism of the quick rack ;) I also have the gravel pack and I also like the combination!

@SonnyDarvishzadeh 6 ай бұрын

@@jeremyw.465 I have Stevens E-Getaway. Thanks for the tip! Interesting. I will look for a magnetic thru-axle handle.

@SonnyDarvishzadeh 6 ай бұрын

Also, the mudguard is too short for me 😬 I wish it covered 50% more length.

@jeremyw.465 6 ай бұрын

@@SonnyDarvishzadeh yes I agree!

@jochenkraus7016 4 ай бұрын

When you're talking about similar racks, Tubus Disco comes to mind. It has a special QR that holds the rack but it needs eyelets around the seat tube area. I added a collar from Salsa that takes the role of the Ortlieb rack's rubber band around the seatpost.

@jeremyw.465 3 ай бұрын

That is a good solution as well but as you say yourself only compatible with QR.

@physikus8713 4 ай бұрын

Hello @jezza, thanks for your advice. I have the same bike and after your recommendations the SKS mudguards and rack. One question, in the first minute you are talking about that the adapters come out of the frame. Would you recommend in general using the optional adapters to clip it on the frame? thanks :)

@jeremyw.465 4 ай бұрын

Hey, no I recommend the ones you screw into your frame! Firstly the others which you have to clamp to the seat stays will ruin your paint even more and they don’t seem as trustworthy… Cheers

@mewek 2 ай бұрын

Hi! Thank you for this great review! You addressed some of my concerns that were not addressed anywhere else :) I am still wondering about one thing - I won't really need the option to take off the rack but my bike has a carbon frame and no eyelets below the seat - are you aware of any other reasonably priced rack that could be mounted on such a bike? I wasn't able to find any simple rack that would work with my bike but maybe there's something I'm not aware of ;)

@jeremyw.465 2 ай бұрын

Hey Mewek, sadly I don't know of any other affordable solution. I can only think of the alloy version of the Tailfin which still costs very much, but sadly the only other option is getting a different bike. There are also racks that you can attach to only your seat post but if its carbon that won't work either and even if it were possible (with an aluminum one) they can't carry much weight (about 10kg), look in my opinion very bad and when you cycle whilst standing up, they tend to want to move sideways and possibly scratch your seat post and might not hold on tightly because the lever is so long. I hope I was of help, cheers!

@mewek 2 ай бұрын

@@jeremyw.465 Thank you for the reply! I had a quick conversation with ChatGPT and it seems that the Ortlieb Quick Rack is the cheapest rack that is capable of carrying 15+ kg and fits carbon bikes with dropout eyelets only, Tailfin and Old Man Mountain being two other options which are more expensive. Therefore, the rack is ordered and I'll treat it's quick remove feature as a bonus ;)

@jeremyw.465 2 ай бұрын

@@mewek hey Mewek, I might have misunderstood you, I thought you didn’t have any eyelets at all… do you mean you don’t have eyelets on the upper part of your seat stays, but you have some lower down at the dropouts? Because then you can easily screw in the „FRAME MOUNT PIVOT BEARING M5 or M6“ and install the rack onto them and to your saddle post. But in that case you could also buy a different seat post clamp which offers such eyelets to which you could install any rack (because you said you don’t actually need the ability to take the rack off). If you don’t know what I mean I can send you some links. In case you don‘t have these eyelets at the drop outs there are the seat stay adapters from Ortlieb. But these are not compatible to carbon frames!!!

@jej_stary 6 ай бұрын

6:42 I think it mostly depends on frame and trailer hook design. I have no issues using Quick Rack with Thule trailers.

@jeremyw.465 6 ай бұрын

Ok good to know! I have tried using It with a BOB Yak trailer and that wasn't possible. But I will look into hit further :)

@jochenkraus7016 4 ай бұрын

@@jeremyw.465 Do you know which hitch (the fork at the front) you have? I think there are two lengths because the trailer exists in variants for 26" and 28"/29" bikes. My touring bike has 40x700 and SKS Longboard and there's not much but enough clearance.

@jeremyw.465 3 ай бұрын

I have the 26“ version. You can watch my video about the BOB Trailer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbOKnMWItLTZgKM.htmlsi=OkxfUEIif6BIY0Df I have no issues with the fork of the trailer, the only problem ist that I can’t attache my Mudguard because there is not enough space.