If you know a frame builder, you can just install a tube thru the fork legs, likely similar to your Surly. This is what I did on my Atlantis & it works great with a Tubus Duo. Mine has worked well for a number of years & many fully loaded tours. The guy who did mine was a hobbyist, not a pro, and I touched up the paint damage with Testor's modeling paint. Crude, but serviceable.
*Note that this method is specifically NOT RECOMMENDED BY RIVENDELL! * dougP On Monday, March 1, 2021 at 1:57:19 PM UTC-8 rcn...@hotmail.com wrote: > I had an Old Man Mountain Sherpa mounted on my Clem when I had it. Very > secure. > > Ryan > > 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/87a4ff8c-ceb8-41c5-b83f-91183050e7b6n%40googlegroups.com.
