Originally Posted by
rosiebud
I called Brands and they in turn called Dahon. They told me that Dahon says that there are no front racks to fit my ECO.
Now I need to see about mini panniers. I should have waited until Dahon came out with the modification for for a basket on their frame. Always happens, buy something and something better comes out RIGHT AFTER THAT!!!
Not sure I would trust this. I put the Dahon front rack on three different bikes, none of them Dahon`s. Some times there are legal reasons for the answers they give, not practical. You should ask Thorusa who is on this forum and sell Dahons.
I use the small brakemounted rack shown here. I would not use it for panniers, it is made as a support under a basket or a small bag. I use it to support a backpack: Hang it on the handlebars and tighten the shoulderstraps so that most of the weight is on the straps. It is leaning on the rack and the rack also keeps it off the wheels.
I think I would go for the black rack and then get the "caddy" from clickfix and a bag/basket to go with it. This is what I am planing to do.