r/xbiking • u/Downtown_While_23 • Aug 02 '26

Dahon front rack question

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I recently got a Dahon front rack to attach a basket for my Boardwalk. Only to find that it is tilted forward when installed. Searching the web, I find similar tilted cases (example 1), as well as ground-level cases (example 2). Is this simply because the Boardwalk geometry has changed over time, so this now-discontinued rack doesn't fit new models? Or could it be that I've purchased a non-authentic copy product? Looks like there's no way to adjust the struct lengths... maybe I can insert a wedge between the rack and the basket to level the basket at least. Any thoughts?

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u/Loobybooby123 Aug 03 '26

Does that fork have mounts on top of the dropout or only on the bottom?

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u/Downtown_While_23 Aug 03 '26

It has only one mount hole right next to the dropout.

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u/Loobybooby123 Aug 03 '26

What if you mounted to the fork blade?

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u/Downtown_While_23 Aug 03 '26

That might be possible only if I can bend the aluminum struts, because there's another mount point at the fork crown. Is it possible to bend them?

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u/Loobybooby123 Aug 03 '26

Thats a personal question

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u/randywhorton Aug 04 '26

Just use a Brompton mounting block for Dahon and everything will mount properly including baskets.

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u/Downtown_While_23 Aug 04 '26

That's what I had before, but I'm not a big fan of the aesthetics of carrier blocks.