When I used to work in a bike shop I used to hate this question. I'm looking at picking up a road bike for commuting on. The bike I'm looking at is a reasonably high-end steel frame with no eyelets for fenders, rack etc. Yes, I could have them welded on, but I'm not looking to do anything like that. Can one get clip-on fenders that clear low-profile caliper brakes these days? Racks? I'm not looking to carry a ton of weight so presumably a seatpost-mounted rack would do the job…
Fenders/rack on road bike
fenders: sks raceblades or crud roadracers are your friend for the super low clearance and no mounting points. Very fiddly to install the first time but I commuted the last 2 winters on a set of the cruds.
Cant help you with racks-i use a backpack.
Yup, agree on Timv reco's. I've got the Crud Roadracer2s and while they were a PITA to install, they have been a permanent fixture on my winter road bike and they work well.
If you need fenders then get disc brakes.
From there it's a simple matter to use p-clamps (MEC sells a kit) and zipties at the fork legs/seatstays.
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