Touring - What front rack for my fork/panniers?

I already have some old Ortlieb Sport Packer Classic front panniers. My miyata 610 does have axel dropout eyelets, but doesn't have midfork braze-ons, so I was wondering what rack I should get. I am not going to load these too heavy, and I am looking to save some money here... What rack would be somewhat cheap and would work okay with the QL-1 mounting system and just like, p-clamps or maybe the tubus lowrider adapters (LM-1). Would I be okay even with like a nashbar cheapo rack? Thanks for helping me decide, this is really the last purchase I need to make before my upcoming tour.

EDIT - my bike has 27 inch wheels, but I guess if I am using the adapters or p-clamps that shouldn't matter...

Have you done a search?This has been discussed many many times in the past.

Yes. But you can't search 3 letter/# combinations like ql-1 or lm-1, apparently.

Use Google to search this site. It works much better than the built-in search: site:www.bikeforums.net QL-1 (http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.bikeforums.net+QL-1&ie=UTF-8)

Thank you McDave, I did not know google could do that. Sorry if I bogged everyone down with my post...

I already have some old Ortlieb Sport Packer Classic front panniers. My miyata 610 does have axel dropout eyelets, but doesn't have midfork braze-ons, so I was wondering what rack I should get. I am not going to load these too heavy, and I am looking to save some money here... What rack would be somewhat cheap and would work okay with the QL-1 mounting system and just like, p-clamps or maybe the tubus lowrider adapters (LM-1). Would I be okay even with like a nashbar cheapo rack? Thanks for helping me decide, this is really the last purchase I need to make before my upcoming tour.

EDIT - my bike has 27 inch wheels, but I guess if I am using the adapters or p-clamps that shouldn't matter...

P-clamps probably wouldn't be the best. I'd stay away from the old Blackburn Lowriders too. They have a plate across the top that interferes with Ortlieb attachment. Your best bet would probably be these (http://www.deltacycle.com/product.php?g=27) from Delta. They're pretty cheap and attach with a U-bolt. I used them -the U-bolt - for many years without problems on my 610.

Or you could also use the Old Man Mountain AC Lowrider (http://oldmanmountain.com/Front_Rack.htm) (bottom of the page). About the same cost as the Delta. I'd still use the U-bolt method.

I use an OMM AC Lowrider with U bolts and it works fine. I don't use Ortlieb though so I don't know if they fit.

Has anyone ever use the fork bracket instead of the U-bolt? It looks like it would be less likely to damage your front fork than a U-bolt...unless the U-bolt has some kind of padding. See picture at
http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Fit%20Solutions/LM_1-250-pix.jpg

Has anyone ever use the fork bracket instead of the U-bolt? It looks like it would be less likely to damage your front fork than a U-bolt...unless the U-bolt has some kind of padding. See picture at
http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Fit%20Solutions/LM_1-250-pix.jpg

Those are new. Never seen them before. They would work too. However the U-bolt really doesn't cause any problems.