I recently installed a child seat on my rear rack. Thus losing the ability to mount my paniers there. So I need to relocate them to a front rack.

Finding a suitable front rack is proving to be a much more challenging endeavor than I expected.

I ride a Marin Kentfield 1

My needs are
1. Front rack that carries paniers using hooks.

  1. The rack needs to mount using mid fork eyelets. My forks don't have any threaded holes down near the dropouts. I also have a quick release hub. So racks that can mount through the front axle won't work. Eg. Pelago Commuter Series.

Apart from Ali Express or no-name Amazon equivalents. I can't seem to find a quality brand rack that uses only the mid fork eyelets and allows me to carry paniers.

The name brands seem to offer either:
A. Front racks for paniers which mount from the axles or eyelets near the dropouts.

B. Racks that mount on the mid fork eyelets but are only offer a platform for carrying loads on the top of the rack.

What am I missing here? I don't feel my needs are so unusual. How come the name brands don't bother?

My options are to either order the Ali Express product. Or switch my QR front hub to a solid axle and use the Pelago. Which seems like a lot of work/expense.

by DoublePlusGood__

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