Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

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hippy

I was kinda thinking something you could thread Voile straps through, so the bottles/bags didn't stick so far out from the fork blade.

I want to put a cooking setup in it, similar to this:
https://bikepacking.com/gear/vargo-titanium-hexagon-stove-bikepacking/

Would be nice if mine had their Range fork..

£400 for a fork though. That's more than half what my whole frameset cost.

Someone else asking the same thing...
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/adding-cargo-cages-to-a-tripster-v1-carbon-fork-no-mounts/

https://off.road.cc/content/review/free-parable-gorilla-clip-cage-and-bag-system-review-3579

Loads more options: https://bikepacking.com/index/add-cage-mounts-bike/

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frankenbike in reply to @hippy

Could just get a different fork? This one clears 2.25" so your hoard of 2.0" tyres will easily fit

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/ragley-trig-carbon-gravel-bike-fork/rp-prod202218

Or the Carbonda CFO606 for £100 (Brother are charging £275 for it! Cheeky!)

Or the Fairlight Cempa which is no cheaper but very nice

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hippy in reply to @frankenbike

Yeah, I'd posted the newer Kinesis fork but not looked at any others.

Never heard of Ragley. I was about to question the strength of the mounts but this review said they're not just rivnuts:

"I was looking for a bikepacking fork with dynamo routing for my Tripster and couldn't find a fork with all the features it has at a reasonable price. This is the one you want if you want a robust fork that accommodates big carry load and big tyres. The inserts to put anything cages are embedded threaded inserts in the carbon which is very strong comparing to rivnuts.
For max tyres width I run 45mm and there is still plenty of space left. Another reviewer says his fork has a rattling piece of carbon but I don't have any in mine."

£200 cheaper than the Kinesis option and based on the review I presume they'd fit. I wonder if they're much different handling-wise. They look very similar to the grrl's Spesh forks.

I think @cjr had Carbonda fork and his nuts fell off. Keen to avoid that. :)

Cempa is more than the Kinesis fork and not available.

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