Nitto makes a front rack called the F-15. It clamps to the 26.0mm part of your drop bars and it's a u shaped support around the perimeter of a handlebar bag. Rivendell stocks that rack and has 13 of them in stock as of 9/22/16. Various bag makers offer a bag to fit that rack. There is a Sackville model that Riv also has in stock, but they only have two of the bags.
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r8.htm?CartID=6 My plug is for the rack itself. It's astonishingly nice. It looks like it should be super floppy but it's surprisingly solid for a typical handlebar bag application. If you own, or ever think you might own a typical 'road bike', that doesn't have much in the way of attachment points for a normal front rack, the old F-15 is a fantastic option. I'm running mine on a Black Mountain Cycles road bike. Not only is it way lighter and way less expensive than a traditional rack + decaleur setup, but it puts the handlebar bag in exactly the same place relative to the handlebars no matter which bike I put it on. In my opinion, anybody in the habit of setting up various bikes with various bags should have an F-15 laying around, hence the plug. Riv has 13 of the racks but only 2 of the bags to fit it. Riv is selling the rack for $78. The other two online US vendors that have the F-15 rack in stock are asking $95 and $120 for it. Now's a good time to buy an F-15 rack, (it's like picking up free money at $78) and treat yourself to a bag to fit it when one comes up for sale, or have Ruthworks make you a custom to match your bike. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
