Originally Posted by
Nyah
While looking at photos of Surly bicycles such as the Trucker, it appears that their mounts for low-rider racks are the same as mounts for water-bottle cages. Is that what they are and if so, how is the low-rider rack attached to those? That would be quite different from the holes which go all the way through the fork leg (in one side of the leg, out the other) which I'm familiar with. How would these methods of mounting compare to each other in integrity?
I'm not home, so can't check if my troll fork has the holes that go all the way through, but I do know that my front rack bolts don't go all the way through and I've ridden through Mexico and Central America on some rather bumpy roads with no rack bolt issues whatsoever and carried more weight on my front panniers on those trips than in past trips.
so don't worry, be happy.
ear worm infection commence.....