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I'm not sure what makes a fork rated for a front rack or not tbh, can the carbon experts chime in?
I'm not sure if the Fairlight one can take a front rack either, and their website is broken for me most of the time, so I can't check.Spork, Enve Adventure, the one by Allygn (and I'm sure many others) are rated for a front rack, if you're so inclined. Seido also has this one, which is explicitely rated for a lowrider.
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Its not just the fact that my current forks cant take a front rack but they also lack fixings for mudguards and can only take a 160 rotor. While my frame is made for a 180. This would solve a couple of issues thats been buggering me. The ones youve listed are sort of out of my budget i think.
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There is an ISO standard for bicycle luggage carriers; ISO 11243 in case you want to purchase it and read it at your leasure. It basically involves mounting a rack with the max specced weight and swinging it around a bit. It specififcally does not apply to removable bags, so I think most companies would not bother applying it to 3-pack mounts on the side of the fork.
However, if I had a fork with 3 mounts on each side and one at the crown, I would feel perfectly fine attaching a rack loaded with 5kg if it attached to at least one hole on each fork leg and the crown. I wouldn't expect a warranty if I pulled out the threads though.
nogk
chiroshi
One difference could be ability to take a front rack. The one you posted doesn’t say if it can. So probably not specced for it.
If it can I’m ready to swap out my old bbtrack fork for this one.