Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Thus, you might consider a front rack with more width than the nitto-Riv thing.
they are only thinking of handlebar bag supports with those.
Uh...No, if you are referring to the Nitto Big Front Rack. The platform does not sit high enough for bar bag support. It's made for people like me who want to cary something on a front rack platform and also want to use front panniers. The platform is plenty large (IIRC, it's about 13" x 4.5") for my large Cat's Meow sleeeping bag. You could easily put a smallish tent on it. I bought mine to replace my Beckman front rack.
From Riv's web site:
"It has a platform for a big load--sleeping bag, mat, tent, whatever--and horizontal bars lower for hooking on
regular old panniers. The lower position isn't as low as low-riders, but it's not that important to keep the load that low anyways."