Why is it so difficult to find front racks?

[golferdevo3]

Does anyone have any helpful info on where to get relatively cheap front racks to hold panniers?  It seems like all I can ever find is a rear rack

[staehpj1]

Where are you looking?  Just about anywhere that sells panniers has them.  Bike Nashbar, Performance Bike, and REI come to mind.  Then there are the specialty touring stores like www.thetouringstore.com

[pptouring]

Define cheap. 

Here is a great site with front racks.

http://www.ortliebusa.com

and here is a great front rack

http://www.ortliebusa.com/CartGenie/prod-73.htm

[John Nelson]

Here's a link to a site that reviews 24 front racks, starting as low as $19. It's 3 years old, but I'd guess most of these are still on the market.

http://bicycleluggageracks.com/

The page for rear racks is very mildly NSFW. The front rack page is completely safe.

[driftlessregion]

Gosh, maybe Adventure Cycling sells them. http://www.adventurecycling.org/store/index.cfm/category/19/racks.cfm

[bktourer1]

Check out the Jandd site.

[golferdevo3]

Thanks!  I would love to buy from Adventure...but not exactly cheap and I'm not exactly rich!  I'm doing this trip to raise money for a non-profit and I don't have the funds to get the nicest stuff out there unfortunately

[mucknort]

http://www.amazon.com/Axiom-Journey-DLX-Rider-Front/dp/B003O5GP5W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1321624023&sr=8-2

[golferdevo3]

http://www.amazon.com/Axiom-Journey-DLX-Rider-Front/dp/B003O5GP5W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1321624023&sr=8-2

Perfect!  Thanks a lot!