Front rack suggestions

ah right, makes sense...

this is my unorthodox take on the front rack.

• it's super stable.
  
• the pannier mount rails are much higher than lowriders to support full size rear panniers with ample rock clearance. (I know lowriders have a different purpose).
  
• it has a usable sized platform.
  
• it's Tubus AND titanium. very bling.
  

fit for a princess

a pretty one.

How is the handling affected with panniers that high?

Yeah!

^twunt

dunno yet.
probably somewhere halfway between lowriders and laden porteur rack.

Mosquito just quoted me £159 for the soma porteur rack with a 50% deposit.

That's more than my tubus + ortliebs combined!

There must be a better deal! Anyone!?

A friend of mine just got his from USA, price was $210

These things can be as expensive as a frame

@spotter bought the last few UK ones..

@7Üp I purchased my Soma Porteur rack from singlespeedshop.com for 140.95 EUR shipped:

http://www.singlespeedshop.com/Singlespeed---Fixed-Gear/Gepaecktraeger---Koerbe/Soma-Porteur-Rack---Chromoly-Gepaecktraeger.html

It was damn pricey, but I couldn't find it anywhere else. Days later, @spotter found a guy selling a few on eBay for £80 delivered!

I saw those eBay sales!! I remember thinking 'next week'...

This rack set is amazing!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/73452347@N06/15826568540/

from GILLES BERTHOUD.

the vintage ones are super nice. its a shame they dont do them like that anymore. to get the same effect you have to use a low rider and a rack, which costs mad €€€.

I have just bought one of these

http://www.bicyclestore.fr/fr/porte-bagages/10001181-petit-porteur-2900100070836.html

I will report back once it arrives. I imagine it'll be fairly flimsy but I just want something to hold a bag for the summer.

does look pretty flimsy, but i guess you cant argue with the price.

Velo Orange do a combined front rack and lowrider but yes, mad $$$
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/campeur-front-rack.html

If it was sold in $ here in the UK, it'd cost £135, which isn't bad for a full tough front rack like that. But usually someone just replaces the $ with the £ :/

yeah, but it does have a decaleur thingy

nitto do a couple quite similar, pretty into this one, but looks like over kill for light touring.
lots of options though..

That Velo Orange rack is in stock at Freshtripe for £140. I got the Nitto Campee which is basically the same but with removable low riders (this is awesome) from Benscycle.

Not bad at £140 indeed! Bit overkill as @JT stated for light touring, but I think it's a good price. Their stuff is solid stuff throughout.

Btw these guys should hire a SEO.

Did plenty of Google/Bing searches and they NEVER came up as shops selling racks!

Also, I know it's not the right place, but I'm gonna put up for sale soon a VO Randonneur Front Rack which I've never used. If anyone's interested, let me know.

what about something like this from nitto? hoop is a little funky tho