Making Life Easier with the Salsa Alternator Rack

I finally got around to mounting the salsa alternator rack on my rig last weekend, and it honestly reminded me why specific hardware beats "universal" fit stuff every single time. If you've ever spent an afternoon wrestling with a generic rear rack, trying to bend aluminum stays or shimming weird bolts just to clear your disc brakes, you know exactly the headache I'm talking about. Salsa designed this thing to work with their specific dropout system, and the result is a fit that feels like it's actually part of the frame rather than just an afterthought bolted onto it. ...

April 26, 2026 · 6 min · Mantice Marzuki