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Old 06-26-13 | 12:31 PM
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Bikes: 2008 Surly Long Haul Trucker "The Truckerino"

Originally Posted by ClemY
I use an Acorn front bag on a Nitto M12 front rack. It mounts on the fork center hole and canti brake mounts. If you are planning on using panniers, it won't work and you will need something more like the VO rack.
Well, the nice thing about those nashbar/sunlite or Nitto M12 platform racks is that they leave room to also mount a lowrider pannier rack, so sorta the best of both worlds IMO. For a budget the Nashbar platform already mentioned and the Nashbar Lowrider rack can both be had for less than $40. It's no Tubus or Jandd but it'll do the job.

Of course you can't put much weight on these platform racks that mount on the canti-brake studs, but they're really nice for front "handlebar" bags or baskets or coolers...
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