We thought our Long Haul Trucker touring frame deserved some durable, affordable, expedition-worthy racks to compliment it. So we designed the front and rear Nice Racks.

We chose to make them out of cro-moly (surprised?) due to its durability and ease of repair compared to aluminum. Repairability should be a consideration for any product that will be used in every extreme. In the rare instance that the rack breaks, you should be able to find, even in the most remote regions of planet Earth, somebody to TIG, MIG, stick weld, braze or solder a Nice Rack back together. An aluminum rack won't afford you the same luxury.

Our height-adjustable front rack is a lowrider/highrider design. Panniers mounted in the lowrider position provide a more stable ride, be can be a burden when riding rocky or rutted roads and trails. The upper rails on the rack provide an alternate pannier mounting position for these type of conditions. The rack platform above the wheel increases your cargo capacity. It's a great place to carry a light sleeping bag or small tent if you don't have room elsewhere. Our front Nice Rack mounts directly to forks equipped with a mid-blade eyelet, located approximately 165mm from the dropout eyelet. This is a standard eyelet location found on many touring-specific forks, including our Long Haul Trucker fork. We do, however, provide hardware to securely mount a Nice Rack on forks that do not have a mid-blade eyelet.

Our rear rack is also height-adjustable, so you can get your center of gravity as low as possible to provide a stable ride. The hardware included with our rear rack allows it to work with all sizes of our Long Haul Trucker touring frame (42-62cm), so it should easily mount to your frame, as well. Its wide platform has plenty of room for rack trunks, sleeping bags, tents, boxes of lima beans, or small cages full of hamsters.

Our Nice Rack are powder coated black or silver for corrosion resistance and good looks. The stainless steel hardware we provide will enable you to fit them to most rigid 26" and 700c frames, and to forks equipped with drum, caliper, or cantilever brakes. Disc brakes and suspension are generally not compatible with our racks.

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