In my opinion, there are three very good Nitto front pannier racks which would be a great choice for a Joe Appaloosa. Those are:
Nitto 34F: Nitto 27F: Nitto F25: Another possibility would be the Nitto 35F, which is more of a high-rider. Ben's appears to have them all. My personal favorite is the 27F because of the removable lowriders, giving me a useful platform for a handlebar bag or basket even when I'm not carrying panniers. Note that if you have very tall panniers, they may not fit great on the 27F. There are traditional rectangular offerings from Ostrich, Carradice and Gilles Berthoud to fit that, and also Ruthworks knows how to fit it perfectly. If you want to run Ortliebs or Swifts or similar, then the 34F may be a better choice. I've never run the F25 but it's super interesting. Regarding the Hub Area Rack, talk to Riv about what bags they think you are going to run on there. They used to have a bag to fit the rack, and it was a cool setup. With no bags, it may be tricky to use the rack. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, March 1, 2021 at 8:13:41 AM UTC-8 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/aaec9f2e-a0c2-421b-96a8-09803c9c5fa4n%40googlegroups.com.
