Sunlite Gold Tec Front Rack, 26"/700c

This came quickly & was able to take advantage of the free shipping offer. I have the silver & have it mounted on a Trek 520 touring bike with 700x28 Schwalbe Marathon Plus & PlanetBike fenders. There is no clearance issues between the rack, steer tube or anything else. I'd have liked to use a handlebar bag but I wouldn't be able to mount a light on the handlebars without a Minoura h/b accessory attachment (I'm nearly blind & use an 1800 lumens h/light in the dark). It would get awkward so I thought a small rack over my low rider rack would work with a trunk bag on it. It works well so I'm very pleased. There is no problem installing the front panniers or getting stuff in or out of the panniers. HOWEVER don't follow the mounting instructions if your cantilever brakes have a tension spring that fits one of 3 holes on a bracket near the forks. Look closely to the rear side of the brake arms & you should be able to see the spring tab & bracket. Merely remove the mounting bolt on the forks brake arm pivot post (welded onto the fork), position the rack & re-install the bolt. Don't lose any washers on the end as the racks bracket may press against the brake arm and prevent it's proper release function. Loosen the small nuts/bolts that attach the rack platform to the legs, position the platform to horizontal (or whatever angle you want), tighten & you are done. *The tension spring may be universal on all cantilever brakes* **In my opinion the only handlebar bag is Arkels. It has the very best mounting over every other bag. Any bag that uses a strip under the stem to hold the bag/plastic mount in position is inherantly weak from the start.** ***Can't speak to it's load capacity as I'm only using the trund bag for camera, wallet, keys & the like of low weight items. Yes, I'd recommend this product and the supplier.

I may have given this 5 Stars for Mounting and Easy to install, but my use is kind of unique. I mounted to a Ebike that I built with suspended front fork, disk brakes, and fenders. If you are mounting to a standard V-brake set up I think it would be very straight forward. All the parts were proper, unlike some other reviews. What I had to do was a little harder. For those interested in a suspended fork, I needed a vise, # 8 All-Thread, # 8 by 32 nuts and washers, two 1 1/2 inch 90 degree corner brackets, and two stainless steel hose clamps. The process, bend in a vise the supplied rack bracket to fit the from fender mount hole, bend in a vise an S shape into one leg of the corner brackets. Cut and use the All-Thread and nuts for an adjustable mount until centered. I use to have a full size touring motorcycle with a large Windjammer fairing, and that mounted to the frame with four stainless steel clamps. No problems on numerous transcontinental U S trips. So I think two clamps will suffice for this rack mount. I like this rack very much. Functional, looks good and affordable.

First of all, for what you're getting it is worth it. It's decent quality and comes w/ everything you need (in my case anyway). I actually ordered a Toba Romeo (~$50) but I also ordered the Sunlite rack at the same time and it just happened to come in first. It isn't the biggest rack but you can put a grocery bag and strap it down w/ ease. I installed it on a cross bike that I converted as a commuter. My rack wasn't completely even on both sides so I had to bend it. Also the bracket had to be bent a bit (easily done on a vice)to get it attached to my liking on the brake mount. It works perfectly for what I wanted and I easily put 30 lbs of gear and it's sturdy. The Toba still hasn't come in but when it does I'm returning it. You can't go wrong w/ this thing for the price. But just like some of the other reviews, it's not going to fit perfectly and some (easy/moderate) tinkering will be necessary 90% of the time.

I had been iffy on buying this front rack but finally decided to buy it since it was pretty cheap and would serve to carry a light load. I can't be happier. The grey/silver color matches perfectly with my bike. The rack is really light yet sounds metallic, also the build quality seems sturdy for a light load. The 3 touch points seem sufficient and once in place the rack doesn't move. I'm glad there's no interference with this rack and my wheel base; for reference, my wheels are 700c (diameter) and 38mm width tires with fenders that extends it a mm or 2.

I was skeptical about this, but after riding with it for a bit, it works great. I tie wrap a Wald 137 basket to it and it holds my basket bag and stuff just fine. Not noisy either. Great for a bike with canti brakes.

After reading other negative reviews, I held off on buying this rack for several years. I wanted to attach a Wald basket to my 1993 mountain bike and honestly it seems like I was going to have issues with all the front racks out there so I bought this, the cheapest. I had two issues with it. The major one was that the small L-shaped pieces that attach the rest of the rack to the brake posts didn’t allow me to screw the bolt back into the brake posts. I have Shimano XT V-brakes from the 90s. The bolt attaching the brakes to the brake post is tapered; it has a greater diameter under the head that would not allow it to seat into the smaller hole of the piece. My solution was to drill the hole larger so the bolt would fit. Luckily the metal was soft. I was able to use a bit designed for wood and it easily bored it out (holding the metal piece with a bench vise). The second issue was that the nut that was supplied that attaches the rack to the hole at the top of the bicycle fork was not a nylon locking bolt. I put some blue Locktite on the bolt threads but I should probably replace the nut with a locking bolt. Otherwise the rack seems reasonably constructed (for the price). I used zip ties to attach the basket and went for a ride. It seemed sturdy enough. I also actually received more hardware than was necessary to attach the rack to my bike; an extra adapter piece and a few spare nuts and bolts.

This was exactly what I had hoped for. It's inexpensive, but the right look and size I was after. The biggest hurdle is that my daughter's bike has disc breaks, so it doesn't have the rim breaks it's designed to mount on. I was inspired by a few reviewers who figured out how to make it work using P-clamps. The install was easy enough and it's quite sturdy. Perfect throne worthy of the Wald 137 basket zip-tied on. Fits her backpack as hoped.

For the price I would definitely recommend this Rack to another buyer. It is a simple but well-designed for the cost and will more than function for my purpose. Don't overload it because it's not designed for heavy duty use. But it is very inexpensive and fully functional relative to the cost. My guess is it should be loadable to about 20 pounds without much problem, but I wouldn't go much higher than that because of the light construction. It was only a little over $13.00 shipped so what else can you get for that price. It was packed well and arrived reasonably quickly given the cost and there were no surprises from the seller. This rack is a light duty aluminum front rack that mounts to the v-brake boss at 2 points on the bottom of the rack. It also comes with a small bag of screw and bracket hardware that allow it to mount at the top rear of the rack to the bike at the fork center caliper brake/fender mount screw hole. The hardware is pretty generic/simple and may have to be slightly modified for your application but it should answer the call for most bikes with v-brake boss mounts. This rack was for 26"/700C. From what I understand there is another rack for smaller applications. The rack is fairly simple but functional and the installation is also fairly simple. It's light and it's cheap! What more can you ask?

Feels sturdy, and has a good angle adjustment for adaptability