Ibera Bike Rack - Bicycle Touring Carrier Plus+ for Disc Brake/Non-Disc Brake Mount, Fat Tire Bikes, Frame-Mounted for Heavier Top & Side Loads, Height Adjustable for 26"-29" Frames

If you have a disc brake bike, check where your luggage rack mounts are and if your caliper isn't in the way of it in a straight line up, because the non-disc version is substantially narrower and cleaner mounting. I put the non-disc one on my state allroad 4130 v2 (a disc brake, thru-axle non-boost spaced bike, so "normal") that has big 700x50c tires, and clearance was fantastic. Nice clearance, but no more than needed, so it doesn't look bulky. Mounting hardware is nice and doesn't feel gross to install. The reflector/brake light mount is a little close, i wish it was mounted to the outside lip and not the inner one. But it looks good, feels incredibly sturdy, isn't too heavy, will fit a huge variety of bags and panniers, and has pretty versatile mounting. Way nicer than other cheap racks, I'd say it feels as good as the more expensive ones.

I gave this Ibera rack a five star, the Construction is extremely solid and well-designed. I have a Catrike Dumont recumbent trike with full suspension, no rear brake. The rack mount securely, but I did have to supply 2 mounting rods, which are 5/16” round aluminum rods x 15 1/2” long (which I removed the 2 lower mount rods from and old style spring clamp rear bike rack) ,and used 2 stainless steel 1”rubber coated P clamps on the frame to attach the front 2 rods and painted them black. This rack would work no problem with the supplied rods if you have a non-suspension Trike and mount to the top of the back rest. A much better designed rack and just as solid as the rack that can be purchased from Utah at half the price. Hope this helps a fellow recumbent Triker! :-)

I purchased this rack for my Hybrid Norco bicycle. Rack itself is great. I loved that the legs were adjustable so that it could accommodate a variety of tire/frame sizes, or could be moved out of the way of a rear fender. It attached smoothly with the nuts, bolts, and washers provided to the frame near the tire spoke. An allen wrench is required for assembely (and is not included). You also need an ordinary wrench or a pair of pliers to ensure all nuts are tightened properly. The shiny metal pieces that attach the rack to the main body are the sole reason I didn't give this rack five stars. I have a small bicycle (I'm only 5'5" and can ride some large children's bicycles comfortably) and they would not reach the pre-drilled holes they were supposed to, no matter how much I lowered the legs or bent the pieces. Also to note: the metal coating on the pieces will come off very easily. I cut myself on a raw piece when I was trying to bend the pieces and ended up having to dig a sharp scrap of metal out of my finger afterwards. So please use caution! I ended up having to use a rubber-coated p clamp on my seatpost to attach those pieces. I used a 1" clamp, but I think a 3/4" clamp would have also worked for my purposes. I also needed an extra nut to make the p clamp work, but that literally cost me six cents at the hardware store. I tried to bend the pieces so that they were parallel on each side of the clamp, but only succeeded in cutting my fingers on more raw metal. I ended up scratching up the pieces quite a bit, but managed to make it work overlapping the pieces slightly. In the end, it was very stable. I am glad I made it work with the p clamp, but really wish those pieces would have been a bit longer so I didn't have to hassle with it. I ended up having to visit three hardware stores to find the part I needed. Still, a steal for the price. Would have paid near twice as much for an almost identical rack at the bicycle shop.

Good rack, not designed for bikes with Boost rear axle spacing I knew when I bought this rack that it was designed for the ‘standard’ rear axle spacing of 135mm that is used on bikes with 9mm quick-release skewers, and not the newer ‘Boost’ rear axle spacing of 148mm that is used on most modern mountain bikes that have 148mm x 12mm thru-axles. What that means in practical terms is that the cylindrical spacers provided are twice as long as necessary when the rack is used on a bike with Boost spacing. These spacers are 7/8” long and made of aluminum so they are very easy to cut if you are comfortable with that sort of thing. I simply cut one exactly in half and that made the width of the rack a perfect fit for the mounting lugs on my bike. Shortening the spacers required me to also grind down the length of the provided mounting screws to match the shorter rack+spacer dimension. You could simply go to the hardware store and buy shorter machine screws, but it was easy for me to just grind the provided screws to the length required. There was one other fit issue that was due to the frame geometry of many mountain bikes. The provided front carrier mounting arms were too short to work on my mountain bike. In general the angle of the seat tube mountain bikes use is quite a bit steeper than what was used in the past. The end result of that geometry is that the top rack mounting lugs on the bikes frame are a bit farther forward on the bike than older design bike frames. My bike is a 29er and that also stretches out the length of the bike a bit due to the larger wheel and tire. Bottom line is that the provided front carrier mounting arms are too short. To their credit Ibera does sell longer front carrier mounting arms on their US distributors website and they are a reasonable price. One other small bit of information that may be helpful to anyone trying to order the right parts is that the chainstay length of my bike is pretty short, 440mm. Before I had the actual rack in hand to check the fit, I hoped that short chainstay length might allow me to squeak by with the provided front carrier mounting arms. Even with that fairly short chainstay the arms were still too short for my bike. My guess is that any 29er with longer chainstays would also require the accessory longer front carrier mounting arms. I also bent the carrier mounting arms to match the radius of my tires just because I thought that looked better. I bought the rack knowing that I would have to do a bit of work to make it fit my bike properly. As far as I could determine at the time I bought this no company makes a rack that is specifically designed to fit modern mountain bike dimensions. But this rack can fit perfectly with the addition of the optional longer front carrier mounting arms and just a wee bit of work cutting the supplied cylindrical spacers to the length needed. The rack is good quality, fits perfectly with the changes detailed above, it easily clears my disk brakes, the provided machine screws are excellent quality, and it is rock solid on the bike. Just an FYI for comparison, I have installed the non-disk brake version of this rack on two other bikes in my family, not modern mountain bikes, and those racks fit their bikes perfectly with no modifications or extra work required.

UPDATE: I received the lights I ordered, the Blitzu Gator 390 set which includes the rear light as well. It was an amazing value, and the lights work well. But more importantly, the rear light fits on the back of this rack. I mistakenly thought the rear light in that set would use a standard clip rather than a quick-release mount, but it uses the same mount as the front light. However, as it turns out, wrapping the rubber band around the rear tab fits like a glove. It's not as nice as a properly bolted bracket of some kind, because I'm afraid the rubber may wear out eventually, but for now, it fits perfectly. So if you need lights for your bike and want to run this rack, I highly recommend the Blitzu Gator 390. See the attached pictures for the fit. ORIGINAL: What an absolute steal for a quality rack. While there are some cheaper, more generic alternatives, they all seem to have less support for heavier loads, and of course with this, you get the PakRak system if that's something you're interested in. This rack, along with the PakRak trunk bag I bought, does have some flaws. I gave the trunk bag 4/5 because of some of those flaws. However, I don't think I will dock a point for the rack, because quite frankly, it's hard to find a generic touring-quality rear rack of comparable quality at a lower price. So even if you never use the PakRak system, this is a good value. Getting PakRak is just icing on the cake, and the bags are where you incur most of the additional expense. One thing I was worried about was size. I have a 2017 Giant Escape 1, frame size small, and I had read and heard on multiple occasions that the arms on rear racks need to reach further for smaller frames because the seat stay eyelets are relatively lower. On my bike, the length of the arms is perfect. They're pretty much fully extended, but with enough extra to know there's no risk of them slipping out. The bag is also not pressed up against or under the saddle as I had feared, nor is the rack leaning forward or backward. In summary, I had no sizing issues whatsoever on my small frame. That's not to say other bikes won't have sizing issues, but if your bike geometry is similar to the Giant Escape 1, a pretty typical city bike, then you shouldn't have a problem. I wish this rack had a solid section similar to the Topeak MTX system, because my bike does not have built-in mud guards. The Topeak racks effectively work like a rear mud guard, which is a nice added bonus, but the Ibera PakRak racks do not. Instead, the bottom of the bag is a hard shell, so while the bag will keep your back clean and dry, it will also carry dirt indoors. It's not the end of the world, and the PakRak system is a much better value at current prices, but it's something to keep in mind. One thing I find a bit awkward is the rear tab where one would mount a reflector or light. It seems like there are some reflectors which would mount without additional hardware, and Ibera does sell some lights which fit natively onto the rack. But the choices are limited, and I wanted a specific style of rear light which uses a quick-release mount as opposed to a standard clip. I also wanted the rear light to be USB rechargeable. Ibera sells no such lights, so it seems I may need to fashion something myself out of parts from the hardware store. I'm not sure why rack marketers sell this as a big feature, because there doesn't seem to be any standard across the various racks I was considering. Honestly, the most standard thing they could have done was add a small section of post in the back so that lights meant to mount on a seat post (which appears to be the majority) could fit without a hitch. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any racks with such a post included. Overall, this rack is a fantastic value for the money, and its minor flaws have more to do with the design of the PakRak system and the rear tab than the build quality. This is easily one of the best rear racks currently on the market, with a good load capacity, and space for simultaneously mounting side panniers and a top trunk bag.

The rack was easy to install and has handled everything I've thrown at it. Grocery shopping is my common use case currently. I think the most I've loaded at any given point in time is ~45 lbs; Either on the sides, via 20 liter buckets, or 30 liter tote panniers, and on the top as either large 20lb bags or a bunch of stuff in a strapped down InstaCrate. I'm sure it can handle more weight, I just haven't done so yet. I once carried a heavy pannier on one side of the rack only, bike handling changed at low speed but the rack itself was stable and did not bend itself or the frame. The bike once tipped over with a heavy top load due to a low quality kickstand, the rack and bike frame remained stable and unbent. The rack has been good to me and I'm happy with what I've been able to store on it. Definitely a good value considering what other racks with similar features cost. I especially like the side mounting bars that allow me to mount and unmount panniers while keeping the top of the rack completely free for other cargo. This feature is the main reason why I purchased the rack. If this is also important to you then you will most likely also buy this rack. The only minor negative remarks I have are that the black finish is very easily scratched off; I imagine I will spray paint this rack after several years of use. The rear potion of the rack bends upward instead of being level or bending downward. This prevents my 21in long crate from being strapped down completely level. I understand this feature is to accommodate the pakrak system, and this feature hasn't prevented me from using the crate so far. I just wish it were adjustable some how. Definitely not a deal breaker though. I plan on making some wooden base that I can easily install and uninstall for when I do and don't need the InstaCrate.

The bike rack is relatively easy to install, and the instructions it comes with are easy to follow and understand. The rack is a solid construction, good quality product. The rod clamps that hold the rod arms for the front of it that screw in just behind the seat on the frame are solid, great quality clamps. You can attach almost anything to it; saddle bags, a basket, the versatility is effective. Noise is non-existent. This is a great piece of equipment anyone with a bike should have.

Well this is definitely not a Bontrager Delux Bakrak, which I have on my mountain bike, but it's also not $75 which is what I paid for that rack. Just finished installing it, and was successful despite some design issues. I had to re-orient the rods so they attached at the top of the frame rather than at the bottom. There was just not enough room. I am a little concerned about the long screws, and their ability to hold anything over twenty pounds. I will likely find better longer screws (of the stainless steel variety) as well as look into replacing the plastic extensions with a more robust metal. Pros: 1. It's relatively inexpensive. Bontragger of similar style/build costs $50 (Although I paid $75) 2. Will be able to use Ortlieb panniers with Trunk bag. 3. Able to fit fat tire bike without much customization. Cons: 1. Just adding a little more length to the extension polls at the bottom would have been wonderful, and made this even better for us fat tire users. 2. Questionable quality/materials. I seriously doubt this will hold anything over twenty pounds without having a failure. 3. Just some strange design choices. (I should have gone to school for product design, seriously what are these people thinking?) 4. Time will tell. The plastic extensions at the bottom will likely fail. Conclusion. As I say above. Time will tell, and I'll make some improvements along the way. All in all though, it's likely this will end up on another bike, and I will try to figure out something of a work around with a better product like the bontragger. PS. I do not work for Trek. Update: 11-17-16: Found a better quality heavy duty rack for about $100 on REI produced by ToPeak. I wish Amazon had this frame but after a bunch of searches using different names, I didn't have any luck. The rack in question is called the Topeak, Uni Super Tourist Fat Bike Cargo Rack. Had a lot of good reviews, and all the parts are metal, and solid construction. I'll likely sell my Ibera frame, or keep it around from some other bike down the line.. but this new rack will fit my needs with out all the worry of breaking plastic parts. I strongly recommend people check out this frame.

The carrier was easy to fit and although light in weight seems to be very strong. I attached panniers to the carrier and the two together are ideal. I would highly recommend this carrier to any prospective buyer.

Spettacolo! Finalmente un portapacchi soddisfacente. Tanto leggero che una volta ritirato pensavo che il pacco fosse vuoto, poche viti e tante saldature. Ottimo anche perché funge anche da parafango. Bello esteticamente e robusto. Consigliatissimo

This rack deserves a 5-star. The quality, material & finish is simply great. I can't wait to fix it on my roadbike. Thanks for the very fast shipping. Update: I already fixed the rack to my bike and it is very good. The rack is so easy to install and it comes with instruction manual. It is adjustable, light, and strong/durable. My panniers sits perfectly to this rack. I highly recommend this rack.

Excelente. Muy buen anclaje y robustez a la vez que ligereza. Es sencilla a la hora de instalar y permite unos ajustes excelentes para que quede perfectamente horizontal y a la distancia de la tija que quieras. Muy buena compra

I've just bought a new touring hybrid which came with a rack, however it was badly bent out of shape during transit. Luckily the bike all appears fine, but I needed a new rack. This model is wider to allow for the wider stays on bikes with disc brakes, also for a modest cost of just over £20 is very well made, I particularly like the bars to the seat stays which blend in nicely with the rack. On my bike there is a gap across the stays of 7.5 inches (to the outside threaded fixings), the rack is about 8 inches and has enough 'give' to fix in without the supplied spacers. The rack does require fixing points to be part of your frame (same style as bottle mountings). The reason I give this 5 stars is that it came very well packed in paper wrap and then inside a sturdy cardboard box. The rack is very well made and the deciding feature is the double bar design, this means I can attach my panniers to the lower bar and have room to fix a rack bag on top. The standard single design ones often make that more difficult to do. The light on the rack was not included, but I bought this on Amazon too.