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I guess that unless an emergency situation arose any sort of ad hoc/ thought-fart solution should be considered very carefully. What's that thing about the law of unintended consequence? Owing to a very inconvenient slow flat ( aren't they all!) I ha...

Quote from: Danneaux on Today at 05:49:41 AM I'm almost loath to pass this along and in no way endorse it, but... An increasingly popular method for attaching cargo cages to fork blades in the bikepacking world involves ...

I'm almost loath to pass this along and in no way endorse it, but... An increasingly popular method for attaching cargo cages to fork blades in the bikepacking world involves placing some light padding on the fork (i.e. a strip of old innertube) and th...

Link to the third fork rack, missing from my previous post above, https://www.accessimpact.co.uk/pelago/p/pelago-fork-rack-black?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22342697461&gbraid=0AAAAAqyNj7GbG-3APEAv0VSVny69lwpI5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqL3rudOClwMVWJNQBh2RVwG ...

A few possibilities here of lightweight fork racks/cages to take strapped on dry bags, with the versatility of slotted fixing holes which should allow utilisation of the non standard spacing between the uppermost and lower mounts on the Nomad fork. Tho...

Cheers Martin, indeed, not quite what I am looking for but thanks for the suggestion - rack is pretty light compared to my old Surley one. Quote from: martinf on September 22, 2026, 12:28:37 PM [quote author=KvBCycles link=topic=1...

Thanks again Mick. Yes, something I have been considering. The sales team at Thorn forwarded me a link to a youtube video with a guy strapping cargo cages to his mounting point-less forks, here it is: https://youtu.be/hTpfr6JMnuA?si=Lntm1Jd2YlNpN-Xs ...

Hi Mick, thank you for the detailed post and suggestions, appreciate it! Personally I want to avoid mounting panniers again to try keep it as light as possible. I like the size of the 4L Ortliebs and do not really want to go bigger than that. I have th...

Hi Dan, this sounded like the simple solution right up my alley! Unfortunately, I cannot get my hands on a pair after visiting several bike shops here in Rome - while they stocked panniers and bags, none had these. Thank you for the detailed explanati...

Available on Ebay - look there for photos. Reply to this forum for details etc. but I may be slow in responding This bike is in great mechanical condition Thanks for looking J.

Quote from: KvBCycles on September 21, 2026, 01:42:42 PM I am trying to lighten up my touring setup and my Nomad MK2, and I recently removed the heavy Surley front rack (almost 2kg!) Not quite what you are looking for, but ...

One other thought, a gal I know used some plastic mounts that attached to her fork with zip ties and adhesive, her carbon fork had no mounting points on it so that was her only option. I do not know the brand, but an internet search might find them. S...