I've done front racks, Wald baskets, and such... the solution I evolved to was a Tubus rear with Ortlieb bags. Why?
1) Rivs handle better with rear loads. It a design thing. 2) small front racks with large basket overhangs are fussy. 3) front racks have very modest capacity (unless they are the low-rider pannier variety) 3) front racks with baskets often present challenges at public bike racks. They don't play well with crowded situations. My rear Ortlieb roll-top carries everything. It attaches/detaches in about 5 seconds. It's stable. The large capacity and the fact that it's on/off quickly makes it super-convenient. My recco would be to skip the front rack expense and complexity, focus on what makes the rear work. Solve the rear opportunity first. On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 11:49:57 AM UTC-5, Jon Craig wrote: > > The reason I don't have any specifics is that I am literally trying to > compile a list of > > *all the front racks that fit without bodging, and that are cheaper than > Nitto.*$5,200 is a lot of money; our budget is blown for a while, so this > won't be a soon-purchase. I just want to know what works. All of them. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
