Somebody emailed me a couple of days ago asking about the rack on the front of my bike...rather frustratingly I deleted the email thinking it would be a PM here but it wasn't ...so if you're reading this and were asking about the rack, here goes!

The rack is a home made job using aluminium angle bar (you know, with a cross section in the shape of an 'L'). It was more than strong enough to carry the tent which is quite heavy but it was mighty tricky to knock up my MK1 version. The upside was that I got a bit of weight forward and the gear on the front protects you from the elements a bit. The downside is that the (very) low speed handling is effected eg, when you're manouvering in a car park or sometimes pulling away around a corner. The handling may actually have been caused by the weight I had on the back of the bike and have nothing to do with the weight on the front at all!

For my MK2 version I'm going to raise the lower fixing points (at the moment the uprights knock against the plastic side pannels at full lock). I might even investigate a steering damper to improve the handling.

If you want to know more email me again

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