I don't have all of the measurements in front of me, but I found the hub area rack did not fit my appaloosa (eyelet was too high). I got a tubus tara, but haven't attached it yet, but I figure it should work.
Let us know what you find! Edwin On Monday, March 1, 2021 at 10:13:41 AM UTC-6 Keith Weaver wrote: > Hi all, > I may soon be buying a Joe Appaloosa, and I'm wondering about using it as > a loaded touring bike. It sounds like the bike should work well for that > purpose, but the fork's upper eyelets seem a bit problematic. > > I have a Surly Disc Trucker with the Tubus Duo pannier rack, it's been a > great setup for me. It looks like the Appaloosa fork has only one set of > upper eyelets, which are too high for the Duo rack. The only simple, > elegant front pannier rack I've seen that would work with those upper > eyelets is the Nitto Mark's hub area rack (with hoop). That rack is sold > out, and I guess there was a recent batch in stock that sold out very fast. > > I could mount the Tubus Tara rack or similar using clamp on eyelets, but > I'd like to avoid those clamps if at all possible. Does anyone have > recommendations on other rack options, or a hub area rack they would sell, > or comments that I shouldn't do this at all? > > Cheers, > Keith > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/219a82f9-7f3a-42e4-b320-069c3a932b00n%40googlegroups.com.
