Michael, This is probably repeating much of what has been said here, but I've had experience with two setups. I found that the small Ortlieb Front Rollers fit nicely on the lower rail of the Nitto Big Rack and cleared the canti-brakes well, too:
*https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/17362715074/in/album-72157652921196589/* I've since bought a new Sam and mounted the new HAR rack. Along with a mini front rack & basket, things are working out well. The front bags sit low enough that, in warm weather, I prefer to ride two panniers up front, none on the back, just the tent on top of the rear Big Rack: *https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/24287298002/in/album-72157663395643192/* Paul Germain Virginia On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 11:28:57 PM UTC-5, Michael Ullmer wrote: > > I'm looking for the group's advice on the best front rack set-up for my > Sam Hillborne. What I currently have is the Nitto Big Front Rack with a > medium Wald Basket on top. I really like this general set-up, the front > basket gets daily use. I want to be able to mount front panniers > occasionally, but am finding that the Swift Panniers that I have aren't > able to mount low enough to clear the bottom of the basket. The > wide-profile cantilevers that I have are interfering with the panniers as > well. > > I'm wondering what other people have used for front racks on their bikes > to accommodate a front basket on top and front panniers. I was thinking a > Marks's Rack and a separate tubus front rack, but was finding that the > Marks rack wasn't stable enough. Also, it seems to me like the eyelets on > the front fork of the Hillborne are a little higher on the fork than > standard mid-fork eyelets and this may interfere with the mounting of > low-rider front racks, I could be wrong though. > > Thanks for any thoughts you have! > > Mike > Seattle > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
