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[Closed] Kona front rack - where from?

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Afternoon all,

I'm after a front rack/basket for a Kona MinUte. The fork has rack bosses halfway up it's leg and ideally I would like one that mounts there. The Kona Dew has the kind of thing I want (image below) but I can't find one for sale, any ideas?

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Posted : 31/07/2014 1:13 pm
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Have a search for porteur rack.


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 1:19 pm
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they are EVERYwhere in holland. shouldnt be too hard if you look on dutch sites 😉


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 1:36 pm
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My missus wanted a Kona one too, emailed them who directed me to Evans. Put a request into the website and it got passed to the 'Special Order Team' but never got a response.
Never had much joy in getting one with the higher mounts, all the others I found which were similar had longer mounts.
If you turn something up - let me know!
RM.


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 1:41 pm
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try velo orange randoneur.


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 1:58 pm
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Won't be cheap but,

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[url= http://www.niagaracycle.com/categories/civia-market-front-basket-v2-black ]Civia Market Front[/url]


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 2:57 pm
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trail_rat - I'll head off and Google "Dutch front racks" and see what pops up 🙂


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 3:29 pm
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you work from home...youll be ok:)


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 3:33 pm
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I'd like one of those for my Ute!

Struggled to find exactly what I wanted so in the end I modified a Basil Memories front carrier. Cut down the legs to mount on the fork bosses and cut the back down and it's held at the top with a BMX stem under bar stem...

Can't quite make out the double stem set up but here's a pic


 
Posted : 31/07/2014 3:57 pm
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Just had a reply from my friendly local Kona dealer (Bache Brothers in Lye). They can order those racks from Kona direct and they are £89. So I now have to decide if I want to spend nearly £100 on a bike rack. Hmm.


 
Posted : 04/08/2014 11:46 am
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£89 seems a bit steep!

Found [url= http://www.specialized.com/us/en/ftb/commute-accessories/glb-accessories/glb-porteur-front-rack ]this[/url] says "coming soon" only on the Specialized US site so might not be available over here, will pop into my local concept store later and see what they say...


 
Posted : 04/08/2014 12:38 pm