Porteur Rack experts needed

[Scot Brooks]

I finally got a large basket from Riv and its too big to fit on my little Soma front rack AND have room in front for the dyno headlamp (the medium is fine, but a little small). I thought a great platform for the basket would be the Soma Porteur Rack because I could even put little panniers on there in a pinch. I'd also save a bit of money if I do that rather than get the huge Nitto front rack. Any opinions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[PATRICK MOORE]

Isn't it a Wald, and don't they come with struts? The large Walds I owned (including the Newsboy, pictured) had their own struts and needed no rack.

http://www.ubcbike.com/store/product/113197/Wald-157-Newsboy-Basket/

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Scot Brooks <scothi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I finally got a large basket from Riv and its too big to fit on my little Soma front rack AND have room in front for the dyno headlamp (the medium is fine, but a little small). I thought a great platform for the basket would be the Soma Porteur Rack because I could even put little panniers on there in a pinch. I'd also save a bit of money if I do that rather than get the huge Nitto front rack. Any opinions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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[Andy Smitty Schmidt]

The baskets Riv sells are just the basket... no struts or attachment hardware. 

The Soma Porteur Rack is a nice rack. I don't own one myself but a buddy has one and uses it to support his basket. It seems like a great rack. The one thing I'll warn you about is that the SPR comes with hardware to attach to the axle. My buddy did a hack so it attaches to the eyelets instead... a better set-up in my opinion. I've never paid much attention to how it's on there but my buddy has a light mounted to one of the vertical struts. 

I would consider an SPR if I need a front rack. 

Good Luck, 

Smitty

[Scot Brooks]

Thanks Smitty, I didn't notice the weird axle mount thing. Hopefully the Sam fork can accommodate eyelet mounting.

Speaking of front loading a Sam, maybe Manny-the-front-loaded-Sam-master will chime in.

[Philip Williamson]

Would it work to make a standoff mount for the light, and keep the rack? 

Philip

www.biketinker.com

On Monday, December 31, 2012 3:27:28 PM UTC-8, Scot Brooks wrote:

[Scot Brooks]

Hi Phillip,
It would, but I'm thinking that bike camping wise, it would strain the little front rack quite a lot. It can't really hold much weight, you see. The porteur rack is probably a bit overkill, but it's also versatile with the pannier mounts, large platform, and center oriented light mount.