I had a Planet Bike Eco Rack and some old panniers that I wasn't using and I just thought I might as well see if it would fit. To my surprise, it did. Anyone see any reason why I shouldn't continue to ride with this on the front? I took it around the block and everything is secure and looks as though I may get out of having to buy a $125 surly front rack. The bags don't hang as low as I would like, but it seems fine to me...

Any thoughts?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/4755412...7624598993157/

Ride it

ive found so long as most the weight is over the axle you pretty much fine i kinda to the same thing i have a canti mount rack that i use rear saddle bags on i havent had any problems

I've toured about 3000 miles with a rear rack on the front. Works great. Panniers are higher than with low riders, yes, but I never noticed any detrimental effects from that. Go for it, just make sure the mounting is secure.

Edit - just saw the photos. The mounts look great. You shouldn't have any problems.

I've mounted rear on front. Only problem I experienced occurred when riding up steep inclines with 15 or 20 lbs. When riding slowly (3 mph) a wobble in the rack would begin with side-to-side play; this made steering difficult. However, at speeds faster than 3 mph the rack handled well; never an issue with downhill rides.

Good idea and a great use for stuff that is just laying around.

Question, say I dont have the rack eyelets on my fork and only have the fender eyelets (i have a crosscheck and so only one set of fork eyelets). Is there any way to do this without using those thin metal "p-clamp" things? Will they hold up under load? Maybe a piece of metal that is screwed to the fender eyelet then attaches to the scewer then has a whole for the rack?

Also anyone know of any disk and canti 29er forks with both sets of eyelets and mid-fork rack wholes too?

Thanks