Bor Yueh BY-201 Front Rack Review - Intro
I needed to fit a child seat to the rear of my bike, and wanted panniers for shopping too. So front rack is the route I went. This unlike a "lowrider" rack allows you to use full size rear panniers on the front of your bike.
A few years ago, people would have started talking about centre of gravity, but thanks to the marketing powers of firms like Salsa, "bike packing" sees luggage mounted all over bikes, typically very high up. I am not saying it is good, but it has become more trendy to have an unstably loaded bicycle. So I should not need to justify the whole COG thing.
Update: 06/09/2017
I have tested this rack with a 35kg load. Which consisted of 2 large panniers and a medium sized child. I travelled 10 miles with this load and bumped down curbs, and did some violent steering. All good. So a bit stronger than that 10kg mentioned on the website. |
| Smallish RAck - Full Size Panniers |
Bor Yueh BY-201 Front Rack Review - Fitting
The rack comes with a selection of nuts and bolts for fitting, as well as plates for mounting, and what not. The only criticism here would be that the bolts are all screw driver type bolts and not allen key variants / jobbies.
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You will require a hole in the fork crown (where the mudguards are bolted on) and also some forward facing rack mounts on the bottom of the forks. I doubt this would fit on to mudguard mounts, although there are some spacers provided which may get this to work.
Bor Yueh BY-201 Front Rack Review - In Use
I have owned one of these a few years ago. They are a good rack. Issues it for 2 or 3 years with no issues. So this is a 2nd purchase, which must count for something.
As mentioned in the intro this puts your luggage above 6" above low rider height. This really doesn't bother me in the slightest, and I can use any of the rear panniers I already have on the front of this bike.
Bor Yueh BY-201 Front Rack Review - Photos
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| View from Above - Lack of Allen Bolts is a Shame |
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| Fixing are however, Sturdy |
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| Mounting Point at Fork Crown |
i wonder how much of your ability to fit the rack comes from the Thorn front forks you have - Thorn are noted for bikes that can carry a lot of gear (like tents etc) for back-woods/round-the-world cycling.
ReplyDeleteI think that would be true if these were a low rider type rack, but most bike that have a pannier mount point have the type that fits on on the front of the fork opposite the mudguard mount point. This is a good rack in that respect plus you can use rear panniers on the front which saves on gear.
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