Originally Posted by L Arnold

Good point about the desire to have a simple/single standard to attach luggage to bikes. This is a problem through the bike world.

The new Dahon Front Truss System do have 2 nice carriers... one the Luggage Carrier and one the Basket are quite nice. My quick math says you can get one or the other everything (from me anyway) for about $90. More for sure than a back rack but not that much more than the Dahon Traveller or Ultimate rear racks. You can sure carry a load with the two together.

There are 3 components to the front system: Truss, Quick Release and Basket or Luggage Carrier.

My personal take on this is that the Truss seems a bit long, though I understand it is long to accommodate for the cables that stick into this area. I definitely think the carriers themselves are really nice however.