Bringing your dog on the bike - Anybody?

[gammason]

Does anybody ride with their dog? If so, how? I'm thinking of an A4X with a carrier on the back rack. He'll be about 15 lbs full grown.

 

[Tuloose]

It's easy to mount a dog carrier on the T50. The rack I'm using is a Blackburn Local Deluxe, an inexpensive, compact,highly adjustable and disc brake compatible rack that is no longer in production,
Previous to this bike I had the carrier mounted on a Cruzbike Freerider which had both front and rear suspension. I was able to use an old rack I had lying around on that bike since it had caliper brakes.

 

[gammason]

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It's easy to mount a dog carrier on the T50. The rack I'm using is a Blackburn Local Deluxe, an inexpensive, compact,highly adjustable and disc brake compatible rack that is no longer in production,
Previous to this bike I had the carrier mounted on a Cruzbike Freerider which had both front and rear suspension. I was able to use an old rack I had lying around on that bike since it had caliper brakes.

Thanks for that Tuloose. Just the picture I was looking for. I'm curious about the rack mounts on the new A4X. It looks like it's definitely a custom (and spendy) rack but I'm wondering about the stability with 15 lbs of wiggly dog on it.

 

[gammason]

On 2nd look at the back rack mounted on the A4X it looks like the rack mounts super high over the back tire! Dang it - I was hoping to get an A4X.

I think I'll look at mounting a rack on my S40 instead...