Panniers - Racks - Bags - Bike Luggage

If it's helpful to anyone else with an extra chunky rack and hence not much choice in panniers the Carradice adapter bar I posted on the previous page is now in stock and I just had a couple delivered. Fits my rack with ease and snaps on nice and tight with a spring loaded clip thing. For some reason the picture they use on the site makes it look about 5cm long but it's actually more like 30cm.

Anybody know of a front rack that fits like the Tim tas rek a head steerer rack but has more drop? Or anybody fancy making one for cold hard cash?

Rockbros ortlieb style knock offs, any good?

These ones:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F352061881982

Sorry if it’s been covered before

I’ve always thought with Ortlieb you’re paying for the build quality and the fixings... those have neither.

Yeah, i don’t doubt that there will be a big gap in quality. Just wanted to know if anyone has them and thinks they are respectable -or a complete waste of money

Anyone used a Blackburn wayside handlebar bag? Looks just the right size for my commuting needs.

I have a Rockbros 10L saddlebag. Quality was good, it sways a lot though.

Should it be level? It was with the other forks...

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Should it be level?

I don't think there is an objective answer, but I think it should be level personally.

Esthetics, level panniers (if you plan on using them), and stuff not sliding from the platform.

How Specialized set up their bikes and racks:

yep I see what you mean.
I'll need to have another go at it. It was kind of a tight fit with the p-clamps, but I could maybe rotate them so the bolt goes through at the back of the forks (not the front)

Posted first in another thread but probably more suited to this one.

Handlebar is 530 mm wide, my new-ordered fitness bike has 680 mm wide ones by default, tempts me as a cheap solution (cost about half the cost of Spec Pizza Rack), just not sure if it won't be too narrow.

Make the bike handle like shit, even empty. Had a bike in for repair last week which had one fitted, would not recommend.

I have a T-Level backpack. The teeth have gone on the zippers on the side.
Is there anywhere in London that does repairs for these kind of things?
I know it might be worthwhile getting an entirely new bag for the probably price of repair but I'm quite attached to it.

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Does that mean the Orlowski forks are redundant?

Do Wald baskets (137, 139) fit 31,8 mm handlebar?

I’m 99% certain they do, Mrs TM has 31.8 bars and 1392z

for now, yes... though I've been having dreams of a dynamo light, so they may come in handy in the future...

When mounting a rack to canti mounts, will a nylon washer suffice between the canti and the rack? Or are those velo orange double ended bolts a better option?

Is there anything like the ILE bag avails in the UK? I've contacted bigxtop to see if he could make me something similar. I prefer the idea of a rack bag rather than the hard sided rando bags for riding around town.

Bigxtop was happy to do custom stuff, in the end I just ordered a rando bag.

It was 2 weeks Monday and no show, states within 2 weeks on the site.. getting bored of waiting, email says be out in the next few days...

Check out naffsacks too

Sadly that's been my experience with him for the last few year, he used to be great.

Not here by Friday I’ll have having a refund.

Seems bag makers are constantly a victim of their own successes. Must take a business genius to make it into a sustainable thing. I'll ask naffsacks but hate that they don't have any pics of what they might build. I don't like sending a pic of someone else's design and asking bag makers to knock it off because that seems a bit insulting.

It’s f””king annoying.

I totally understand it’s a 2nd job for most, but that’s not fair on your customers paying hard earned cash for products you cannot provide.

Naffsacks were super helpful and made exactly what I wanted, just sent a rough sketch and measurements etc. Worth talking to!

Pretty sure SBC stock the ILE one?