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Not weighed it so I can't be sure but it feels a touch lighter than the Kaffenback it replaced and a little more lively perhaps too.

Now with added small child (pulling a stupid face) and rack.

The Topeak DX disc here from the old Kaffenback doesnt fit too well - the 'disc' clearances of the rack arent needed, a normal rack will clear the Spyre calipers here quite easily by the looks of things. Also this rack has quite cumbersome lower mounts, large and squared off. They interfere with the mount brazeons something awful. Gonna swap for a normal non-disc non-DX Topeak I think.

Plan is boy on the back, low riders on the front. I'd also planned something to mount to the midpoint mounts on the fork, something like a Nitto M18 but black. That way I can have a small platform rack year round and just add on the low-riders when needed. But now i've got everything together I can't find anything like the M18 but in black that'll mount at those fork positions.

Anyone with some front rack ideas? Alternative is something like a Pelago front rack, but then there's no way to separate the platform from the (not-lo actually) pannier mounts.