Bicycle Front Rack No Eyelets. Wondering if you have any recommendations for front racks for bikes that have no eyelets. Bicycle touring is about taking trips via bicycle.
If you haven t seen these before then they are a metal band that fits around a tube leaving an eyelet protruding to add fixings to. Despite the fact nashbar only sent half the instructions and said they d work with no eyelets they don t work without eyelets. People have been touring with front loads since the 1800s but front racks really only became popular with the advent of bicycle panniers in the middle of the 20th century nowadays we have many different front rack styles that suit the different types of gear and bikes we employ for our tours.
Looking to replace my crappy sunlite cantilever brake mounted front rack with something more substantial.
It s a good place for a sleeping mat for example. If there are no eyelets on your bike then you need to add them to fit a standard bike rack. Despite the fact nashbar only sent half the instructions and said they d work with no eyelets they don t work without eyelets. People have been touring with front loads since the 1800s but front racks really only became popular with the advent of bicycle panniers in the middle of the 20th century nowadays we have many different front rack styles that suit the different types of gear and bikes we employ for our tours.