I use a Saddlesack banana sack up front on my appaloosa and a medium saddlesack on the rear, which gets all the heavy stuff. I just got some panniers for this bike but haven't had a chance to use them. bagging and racking a bike seems like one of those things that is never set 100% for me, and I'm always changing.
I've never really been a fan of front loading a bike, but I think a person can get used to anything when riding. Loading a bike down affects the way it rides and sometimes it's negative and sometimes it is positive....really depends on the person. I did use a wald basket on my Jamis Aurora when living in a city and found it worked very well, and was super convenient for that kind of commuting. I just tossed my backpack into it, pulled the net over, and rode in happy bliss. If I were going to put a rack and a basket on a Hilsen I would probably use the Mark's rack and not overload it or a Nitto front rack. I think the Nitto front rack that can take panniers is really great looking on a bike when not loaded down too, so that does factor into my thought process. My appaloosa can easily take a Nitto R14 rack on the front because it has those bolts on top of the fork crown...that would be the method I would personally choose on my bike. On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:53:09 AM UTC-5, Jamo. wrote: > I am in the market for a rack for my Hilsen. It would be light loads, > 10lbs max, and I want to run a basket on it. I figured people here would > have advice/opinions on front vs rear loads on the Hilsen, and maybe even a > specific rack recommendation. > -- 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.
