Mark's front rack on Sam Hillborne with V brakes

[Dave Redmon]

How doable is it to fit a Mark's rack on the front of a Sam Hillborne with V brakes? What type and length of support legs? What's a good source for legs? I have the rack and four legs--two straight at 23 cm and two curved at 14 cm. This is a used set up I purchased recently.

Dave in Kansas

[Drw]

Doable. Getting the diving board thing under or over the cable is the only real issue, and one that creative bending can solve. It doesn’t look as nice but I like to have a strut that goes to the dropout. Seems safer if something were to give way.

[phil k]

This is maybe the best rack to use on the same hillborne with V-brakes. Depending on the v-brake you just need to get the tomestone fiving board into the fork crown hole. I suggest going over the brake cabling.

I've also seen Nitto canti racks as well, but that is more variant depending on brake arm lengths etc.

[Dave Redmon]

I got it done today, finally! But I used one set of supports (23 cm) not a second set. Next is finding a straight set about 17 cm long. Anyone needing a pair of 13 cm curved supports?

Dave in Kansas