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  Topic Name: Bike packing meeting - Overlander bike gear - Canadian made bike racks on: April 02, 2018, 06:56:16 PM
TigerT


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« on: April 02, 2018, 06:56:16 PM »

In Red Deer, Alberta Canada we had a bike packing summit at our local shop Mud Sweat and Gears to talk about planning group rides and talk about bike gear.

A local company has started up in our little city with some new ideas. Hard mount rack systems with very simple mounting. I was pretty stoked after seeing the racks and thought I would share some photos.

A front rack system design for securing a dry bag system to with adequate clearance for the fork and adequate space for those brake and shifter cables to breath, no rubbing the headtube paint off, no cables binding. Also they have two bottle mounts internally on the front rack mount.

They had two really unique fork mount systems. One designed for mounting two water bottles too and one designed for a small dry bag. It can secure to either the fork or the 3 fork boss mount.

A rear rack, one mounting point-two bolts - not complicated. You can retain your dropper post! They are coming out with a race version that will be a bit lighter then the version I have pictures of too.

I am sure they would appreciate any impressions or general ideas on the rack, going to try and get my hands on an early version to test them out and hopefully use them in for the BC epic 100 bike race.

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  Topic Name: Bike packing meeting - Overlander bike gear - Canadian made bike racks Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 02:11:41 PM
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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 02:11:41 PM »

I got my hands on some of the racks from overlander and have been running them for the past week.

So far, everything seems to work really well. One big thing I noticed right away was no need to retighten and check my load continuously. I have been riding my bike on a mix of single track and gravel roads.

Weights seems good - 600 grams for the front rack ( to put into perspective my Blackburn frame bag weighs 450 grams)

If anyone has any questions or suggestions I would love to hear them  and pass on the info to overlander


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  Topic Name: Bike packing meeting - Overlander bike gear - Canadian made bike racks Reply #2 on: May 04, 2018, 05:21:49 PM
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2018, 05:21:49 PM »

Front rack looks promising. I'd tell them to consider working in some aero bars (or similar). Or, map clip, way to mount GPS,etc. Seems it would be easy to integrate into the top of those mounts. Perhaps  just additional options for aftermarket purchase.
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  Topic Name: Bike packing meeting - Overlander bike gear - Canadian made bike racks Reply #3 on: May 04, 2018, 06:28:03 PM
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2018, 06:28:03 PM »

The rear rack looks solid, but cantilevered way the  he'll out there.   I run a pdw rack. Similar but the load is much closer to the seat. Will be interested to hear feed back.    The water bottle holders for the forks are cool.  Could they be mounted on different diameter fork legs?
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