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07-23-08, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Shinyville

...so I picked up this Miyata 615 touring bike, largely because I thought that it would be easy to put a front rack on it and haul 4 panniers (2 front, 2 back):

http://i353.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_1635.jpg

..but in looking around at my rack options now that I got the bike, I'm not so sure. The ones I'm finding online don't seem to connect at the top the with the way the fork on this bike is designed.

I plan on adding fenders and a front rack--any suggestions for a front rack that will work for this bike?

You can use u-bolts to hold lowriders onto forks without midfork braze-ons. This is how Delta does it

That will work with all kinds of racks. Tubus makes a fork mount that works with their racks, too. Check with Wayne at The Touring Store

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