Thanks guys.. Let me know if anyone wants to make their own and I’ll point you in the direction of a titanium pipe supplier and I have a pipe bender for sale too! It really wasn’t too hard to make.

@MTB Rob @ c_klein87

Here are a few photos of my Tripster with my new home-made front pannier rack.

The fork is from a Rose Pro DX cyclocross bike. I did a lot of research to look for a carbon fork with disc brake mounts and pannier mounts. This is the ONLY fork available with that specification. I contacted Rose to ask if I could buy the fork, but they refused to sell it separately from the bike…. In the end I was very lucky to find one for sale on Ebay! The fork comes with the added bonus of having a 15mm thru axle for added stiffness (and slightly more difficult to pinch the wheel using a allen key thru axle). It also has internal cable routing for both the hydraulic brake cables and dynamo cables. The fork is also compatible with Shimano’s new flat-mount road specific disc brakes.

I made the pannier using a 2m length of 10mm outer diameter titanium tubing. I used a pipe bender to bend without causing the pipe to kink. I drilled holes for bolting to the fork. I bought some black plastic end-caps from Ebay to finish it off.

The front rack doubles-up as a stay for my mudguards, as well as a mounting point for my front dynamo light (Busch and Muller IQ-X). I decided to route the cables for the front and rear dynamo lights internally to the pannier racks… It makes it look much tidier but is very fiddly! The cabling for the Plug III (USB charger) is also routed internally to the fork.

The bike is now ready for my camping tour through France/Spain later this year! 🙂

@ MTB Rob

I’be just finished making my own front pannier rack using 10mm outer diameter titanium tubing and a pipe bender. It’s a copy of the Tubus Tara rack, apart from Ive made it a more snug fit.

I ended up replacing my fork with a fork from a Rose Pro Dx cyclo-cross bike…. (this is the only carbon fork I could find with integrated front pannier mounting holes). You could use P-clips if your fork doesn’t have the pannier mounting holes.

I’ll post some photos up tonight

Hey everyone,

Looking for some advice about dynamo hubs for my Tripster. Somafunk, I noticed you have a dynamo and Plug III USB charger on on yours and just have a couple of questions about how they work.

Q1. Is it possible to charge a device (e.g a smartphone) via the “The Plug III USB charger”, whilst simultaneously powering the bike light?
Q2. If you cannot use both simultaneously then how do you switch between the 2 devices? Correct me if I’m wrong but presumably the only way is to manually switch-off the light (via the on/off switch on the light) which I assume would allow enough power to use the USB charger?

I’m looking at either one of the 2 following dynamo set-ups:

Dynamo light setup Option 1 (expensive option!)
– Schmidt Son 28 Dynamo Hub

– Supernova E3 Triple 2 light (mounted on front fork brake mount)

– The Plug III USB charger (to charge smart phone/ GPS etc)

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Dynamo light setup Option 2 (Slightly less expensive option)
– USE Exposure Dynamo Hub (A re-branded SP 8 series hub)

– USE Exposure Revo MK1

– The Plug III USB charger (to charge smart phone/ GPS etc)

I prefer Option 1 set-up as the Supernova E3 triple 2 light can be mounted on the fork brake-bolt mount so it allows me to de-clutter the handlebars. Option 1 set-up also looks smarter in my opinion but it’s quite a bit more expensive.

I wonder if the Revo light can be easily fork brake-bolt mounted?

Thanks in advance for your help/ advice,
Dave