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Well, apart from the weight around 700g this looks pretty good to me.

What do you think? Anyone going to back it?


 
Posted : 05/10/2021 8:02 pm
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I'm loving the way a basket on the front of your bike has become fashionable again!


 
Posted : 05/10/2021 8:34 pm
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Latest eBike accessory right here. Perfect for carrying the killer climb pie and pint.


 
Posted : 05/10/2021 9:34 pm
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Fixing looks a bit like that ortleib bag that came out a while ago (but obvs a bit more versatile).

Not unreasonable price either

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milesgibbons/jack-the-bike-rack/pledge/new?clicked_reward=false


 
Posted : 05/10/2021 10:09 pm
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Already have 👍 for a review on UkgravelCO.com


 
Posted : 05/10/2021 10:52 pm
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It actually looks pretty good. I found on my first bikepacking effort a month or so back, that the bar bag on my mountain bike felt like it was putting a lot of strain on the gear/brake cables.

It's pretty heavy, but looks like a good piece of kit.


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 8:46 am
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I’m loving the way a basket on the front of your bike has become fashionable again!

Again? When was it fashionable? 1920? bahaha


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 9:13 am
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I really like his titanium segmented fork


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 9:48 am
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Quite like the look of that, but think it would suffer from the same fundamental problem that bracketless bar bags/harnesses suffer from when used with a mountain bike, which is that the hoses and cables get squashed behind the luggage.

Notice that manufactures pictures of bar bags in use are 90% of the time photographed on gravel bikes which don't have this problem because of the cables wrapped under the bar tape.


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 10:18 am
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I'm tempted!


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 12:10 pm
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Like the look of that, I've backed it.


 
Posted : 06/10/2021 1:45 pm

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