Originally Posted by
rifraf
When I built up my Surly Ogre back in 2012(ish), I quickly bypassed Surly's offering of racks due to them being heavy and low capacity compared to some other offerings.
After some advice and research was taken, I decided I was better served by two stainless steel Tubus offerings (Cosmo/Nova) and a small stainless steel platform rack, sold as a Velo Orange Pass Hunter (
http://www.velotransit.com/products/...ter-front-rack)
The front combo of Pass Hunter and Tubus Nova was both lighter and had higher weight limits for luggage hauling than did the available Surly front rack.
Thanks. Do you double up on the mid-fork eyelet? If so, any issues doing that?
I am not too picky about aesthetics, but I have had to not consider much of what Velo sells because it isn't available in black. I don't want anything silver on my bike if I can avoid it.
For example, I think I would be very interested in this if they sold it in black:
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...tainless-steel
I may just get over it anyway and get that one because I know I could use the eyelets above the mid-fork eyelets to mount it and wouldn't have to worry about doubling up if I coupled it with something like the Tubus Tara.