Originally Posted by
gugie
I'm not a fan of the racks that attach to the fork dropouts, as it stiffens the fork significantly, and if you're going over rutted roads it transmits those forces up to the bag and handlebar rather than the fork flexing and taking up some of that shock. If that's all you have, ride it, but if you're looking to purchase something, take that into consideration.
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gugie , so you are saying that mounting a rack on the braze ons of the fork will cause the bike handling to suffer adversely ? My Stanyan has mini front rack braze on's and fender mount braze on's .