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Old 07-24-25 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
I recently switched out the bars that I bought from Velo Orange. While browsing their site I spotted this front rack at a great price of $40 something. It's designed specifically for a certain type of bars which have four mounting points. I thought I could make it work with a bit of creativity.

A few thoughts:
  1. Homebrew Computer Club - level hackery here. This, ladies & gentlemen, is how it's done.
  2. Velo Orange needs to make versions of (at least) their Porteur and Tourist bars with the hardpoints for this rack. Currently, if you think this is a neat idea, you're stuck with a clunker-style bar.
  3. The HeadShok is itself a product of Cannondale's Cave of Bad Ideas, and thus belongs in this thread anyway. The only way it would be more so is if it were a Lefty HeadShok.
  4. I've always wanted to play around with a mid-Naughties Bad Boy. I sold exactly one, to guy with a clapped-out old 80s MTB and like 3 DUIs. It had been sitting in the shop for like a year and a half, maybe two. He absolutely loved that bike. I rode it, and dug it enough that I considered buying it. Only thing was that in 2003, MTB bars were straight bars, which I hate. Nowadays, with something like V-O Crazy Bars, or the alloy version of the Surly Corner Bar, it'd be a main street rocket ship.
Cool bike, Rev!

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