{"id":177276,"date":"2026-05-26T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&p=177276"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:56:33","slug":"my-first-rack-pannier-set-up","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/review-global\/my-first-rack-pannier-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Rack + Pannier Set Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never put racks on my own bikes, but I know things would be easier if I had them, and I don’t know how many times I wished I had a basket. lol<\/p>\n

I just don’t like having the rack on when I don’t need to load anything and it’s a pain to remove the rack, just because I won’t be using it for a day or two. So I’ve sticked with rackless bikepacking for the past few years. I would carry a bag on my back or have everything in my bar bag in my daily life.<\/p>\n

However, I have decided to put a rack on my Evasion that I rebuilt. The reason for this is that I’ve came to the conclusion that it won’t hurt to have one bike that is good for hauling, and I wanted to try out pannier bags for the first time.<\/p>\n

Here are the ket points for choosing the rack.<\/p>\n

– Has to be a front rack
\n– Doesn’t bother me when it’s on the bike all the time
\n– BUT, it has to be easy to remove
\n– Has to look cool.<\/p>\n

The rack I chose was the Nitto S-Rack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reason I chose the rack is because I like how this bike looks.<\/p>\n

\"*CRUST<\/a>