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g_woodland
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Some context on the purchasing decision first.
I am doing some touring later this summer with full camping gear.
I am not bikepacking. There is no “gnar.” There is no gravel. The tyres are not tubeless and they are not knobbly and they are not tanwall. I am not sleeping under a thin piece of plastic in a hammock strung beneath trees deep in the forest primeval. Fuck that. Full tent. Full cooking gear. Inflatable mattress. Sleeping bag. Camping chair. Food. Clothes. The shit you need for a week in civilisation. I do not need a frame bag. Or a saddle pack. Or a bar bag. Or a feedbag. This is not about speed. I am not TCR-ing or TABR-ing or Trans-ing anything other than a stretch of French canal in the middle of the Burgundy. I need a front rack to help me carry my wine from campsite to campsite. I have a Surly Cross Check with lots of attachment points. I can make this work.
Fuck me good front racks are expensive. Even used.
But you can get lucky sometimes and I picked up a ex-demo Blackburn Outpost Expedition front rack not too many GNs on ebay. It’s a bit overkill for basic touring but, to reiterate, fuck me good front racks are expensive. And I didn’t like the look of the alternatives in the same price bracket.
A visit from the postman and I have a rack with a bag full of hardware. Let’s look at the instructions.