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Someone talk to me about front racks. I'm thinking about getting one. Front fork is drilled for a front brake, no eyelets/bosses though. I've looked at the Cetma, Hembrow and Velo Orange offerings. Is that as good (by that I mean cheap) as it gets?

depend on how much money you want to spend and whether you want to make your bike attractive or not.

if you don't want to spend much, you can choose either of the two common rack that's found in Amsterdam, the handlebar mounting rack I've seen all too often in Amsterdam, and it's not uncommon to see someone sitting on it.

the frame mounted rack I highly recommend because of how the handling of the bike is affected, because it's not connected to the fork, it'll handle a bit better than a conventional rack, especially when you're turning corner faster than you'd like.