I had one last fall...for about a week. Special order that was returned. Even the shop thought it was terrible.
Its a really cool design in that its extremely versatile for mounting to all sorts of forks and bike setups. It accomodates mid mount, no mid mount, disc brake, canti brake, wide tire, road tire, etc.
The distance between the horizontal mounting bars on the Outpost rack is really wonky. They are closer than most racks and though the bungee mounts can be adjusted to accomodate absurdly close mounting bars, the bottom hook ends up being above the stabilizer strap which means the bags could flap outwards over and over.
Awful design. Awful.
I ended up buying a Jandd Extreme front rack. Has a platform top, has high and low mounting, and was simple to set up. Just some spacers and it was attached with the bolts.
I like the platform on the Jandd a lot more.
The fork i use is a standard steel 700c fork with traditional bend. Not sure if that matters.
Insult to injury in the Blackburn rack- the company is filled with useless people in the service department. Useless. As in couldnt manage to respond mtiple times, then basically accepted that they have no idea. They simply market without product knowledge.
I also have 14 shoes. A rack like the Axiom Journey allows for bags to slide back a bit further than other racks.
https://www.modernbike.com/product-2...uXcGgIfgvD_BwE
I dont clip bags with this rack.