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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Bikes: iele Latina, Miele Suprema, Miele Uno LS, Miele Miele Beta, MMTB, Bianchi Model Unknown, Fiori Venezia, Fiori Napoli, VeloSport Adamas AX
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What a gorgeous looking classic bicycle!
I too like low-rider front racks for two reasons. One is to balance the load and take a fair bit of weight off the rear wheel. The other reason? I use a 3 person dome tent and with the low-rider front rack I can remove the front wheel and park the bicycle INSIDE my tent at night. I'm quite hard of hearing and I like the security of the bike inside my tent. The low-rider front rack holds the bicycle pretty steady when the front wheel is off.
One other thing. I'd cut off those hose clamps where they protrude past the screw mechanism so that there's no chance of one of those protruding ends cutting your leg.
Cheers