Re: Doin' the (Kona) Dew: what to keep, what to upgrade?

On Sep 3, 9:53 pm, Ozark Bicycle
<bicycleatel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That little Nashbar rack ain't half bad, despite what some rack snobs
might say. If the Knog panniers fit well on it's wide-but-short
shelf, it should be a nice combo - frugal, funky, functional. ;-)

You seen one of these things out in the wild? I've always wanted a
front platform rack, but not enough to shell out the $$ for an
expedition quality number--just something Japanesey. 15# capacity is
plenty for a good half paper sack of groceries.

The image on the pdf instructions shows it as being pretty stout:

http://www.nashbar.com/tech/pdf_files/NA-FRR.pdf

I love the idea of mounting on the brake studs, but let's see how it
is in practice.

If you've got a crowned fork in the collection, Andew's got some of
those cool Pletschers, according to the website:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/plet.html


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