Review of Delta Mega Rack Universal Rear Bike Rack

Delta Mega Rack Universal Rear Bike Rack
By: Delta Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 10
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Versatile and easy to install

On: 2008-06-11

Things I like about this particular rack:

1. Platform style doubles as a fender.

2. All the little holes in the platform are ideal for bungees! Most other racks Ive seen you have to get really creative with bungee strapping.

3. The range of adjustment is nice. The pre-bent straps give you some options for mounting. I was able to install this onto an XL bike with no problems. It even comes with straps for bikes with no rack mount braze-ons. I put this onto a Marin San Anselmo with plenty of braze-ons.

Again with the lousy directions

On: 2008-04-24

So much of what Ive bought for my bike lately is ridiculously difficult to put together. (And I can assemble Ikea furniture like nobodys business.) Though this came with directions, it was just beyond me. I ended up paying my local bike shop $10 to do it for me. That said, its a good, sturdy rack.

Forget universal

On: 2008-01-16

This is not a bad rack. Its light and seems to be well made. Nevertheless, it annoys me when vendors claim a "universal" ability to mount on any bike. Out of the box, no way will this work on my frame, which happens to be a Gary Fisher Mendota. To make this thing work, I need to make a trip to the hardware store to buy some aluminum straps in order to fabricate the necessary bracket extensions. Had the packaged connectors been about 4 inches longer it might have worked.

Forget universal

On: 2008-01-15

This is not a bad rack. Its light and seems to be well made. Nevertheless, it annoys me when vendors claim a "universal" ability to mount on any bike. Out of the box, no way will this work on my frame, which happens to be a Gary Fisher Mendota. To make this thing work, I need to make a trip to the hardware store to buy some aluminum straps in order to fabricate the necessary bracket extensions. Had the packaged connectors been about 4 inches longer it might have worked.

Nice Rack!

On: 2007-11-15

This took some ingenuity to install. The clips for attaching it to the frame werent quite the right size, but then, everybodys bicycle is different. Maybe they could have included various sizes of clips. I love my new bike rack, however, and it is serving its purpose well.

Solid rack, easily installed on my rigid frame ATB

On: 2007-10-30

Appears to be solid construction. Delta rates the cargo limit at 40lbs. The weakest points, if you were to overload the rack, would probably be the height adjustment screws; at some amount of weight (likely way over the 40lb limit) I suppose they would shear off. Of course those are also the strong points in terms of fitting to multiple sized/shaped bikes.

Heres how the height adjustment works: you have a tube within a tube. The outer tube of each leg has 3 wholes drilled in the surface about an inch apart vertically (the wholes dont extend through to the wheel facing side). The inner tube (narrower) fits within the outer tube at the bottom of the leg and is ultimately the attachment to the bikes rear dropouts eyelets. The inner tube contains just 1 threaded whole. So you place the screw through one of the outer tubes wholes and into the inner tubes whole giving you 3 height settings. The middle one was about right for my 26" wheel ATB.

It comes with essentially 3 ways to mount the upper part of the rack to your frame. If you have eyelets on your seat stays you can attach to the inside of the eyelets (1) or outside (2). No eyelets? Then they give you 2 wrap-around brackets to attach to your seat stays (3). The instructions mention an available (but not provided) fourth way of attachment using your brake bridge.

Installation instructions werent too bad if you even need them.

Theres a bracket welded to the back of the rack to hang your rear reflector on, which is nice since the rack and/or your cargo will likely block it from view if mounted on the bike frame. However the bracket kind of obstructs the ability to wrap a cargo strap centered around the back of the rack to follow underneath and around to the front--probably wouldnt bother anyone but me anyway.

R. Olsen

On: 2007-09-07

The instructions for this rack left much to be desired. Also, the hardware was incorrect. I had two extra screws and was short two nuts. I finally got it mounted after going to the hardware store.

solid rack. easy to install, light and durable

On: 2007-07-18

use this rack for commuting. fits both my mt and road bike. also comes with nice mounting kit if your frame doesnt have the necessary holes up under the seat.

Mounts easy, came with all hardware.

On: 2007-07-17

Took me about 15 minutes to mount it.
Seems strong and solid, glad I bought it.

Mounts easy, came with all hardware.

On: 2007-07-16

Took me about 15 minutes to mount it.
Seems strong and solid, glad I bought it.

Works Great

On: 2007-06-13

Works great! This rack is very durable.

Good rack

On: 2006-08-09

Rack is well made, no instructions or hardware to mount at seat end..