AxiomJourney Suspension and Disc Low-rider, Black

First, I don't think it's fair to give this product a low rating because of mechanical ignorance / lack of common sense. It comes with a bike axel and u bolts its not that complex. Either way they seem to be good quality. They may not be big brand but I don't see how they're very different or how these would be any less durable. Only thing is I barley had enough thread on the axle so I'll have to get a longer one but I also have thick forks so. Simple instal and they're just as solid as my $200 rear tubus rack so I'm happy. I guess time will tell.

Let me tell you the story of installing these racks onto my rather run of the mill Giant Revel Trail bike.Act 1 The arrival.With the glee of any new toy brought in by online shopping, I unwrapped the bag and found a sparse package of mounting hardware and the pannier racks. No instructions. A quick trip to the website and a bit of searching around recovered them, the installation reads rather simple, and to anyone’s credit, it is. Remove your old skewer, thread the rack onto one side of the bike push the skewer through your axel and over your fork, place the other rack on the other side, thread the nut onto the skewer. Mount the top of the rack to your fork with the supplied hardware taking care not to damage the tube and over tighten, level and square the racks using the travel of the mid beam attachment point.I did so and found the complaint that many people have echoed, the supplied quick release skewer is too short. No amount of trying would get me past the first step of installation. Heed this warning, measure your the fork length of your bike, if it is larger than 6 inches, the supplied skewer will. Not. Work. The supplied skewer is 160mm and the additional width of the racks will add about an inch. My stock skewer was approximately 130mm.Act 2: the quest for a few more millimeters. Since my local bike shop was closed due to coronavirus, I had no choice but to attempt to find quick release skewers adequate to finish the job online. I went and bought a ridiculously oversized 200 millimeter QR skewer intended for mounting bike trailers to rear wheels or to mount comically oversized fat tire bike wheels. This worked with room to spare. I will cut off the excess with a dremel the supplied hardware was adequate to get the thing mounted and leveled to my bike, it required only an adjustable wrench to get the nuts tightened and the locking caps on. With the right sized or oversized skewer, these racks are simple enough to install, though you may need spacing hardware or a larger set of U clamps to get it over your fork.I then turned to mounting the bags.Act 3: A tale of two bags.Bikepacking is about triumphing over adversity. Simply put, the mounting options to actually get the containers on the rack are kinda meh. It seems that a certain set of bags were in mind when the racks were made.They are listed on the packaging, I don’t know what they are, I didn’t get those bags. With some struggle and a bit of zip tie king fu, the bags were mounted onto the rack in what I can only hope is a permanent configuration. Time will tell. This isn’t strictly the racks fault.Once these obstacles are overcome, the rack is well built and of a sturdy construction. The welds are a bit lumpy but appear adequate. The paint appears to be well affixed. There is nothing wrong with the actual construction of the frame that I can see, it’s just you may struggle getting the dang thing on your bike as a result of the short skewer, and non intuitive instructions.

These front racks are built right, finally. I have used almost every rack set up in 40 years of touring and these lower set front racks are a breath of design fresh air. Truly bolt up to almost any bike, precisely made and while tough, they are lite. I mounted mine to my Kona Rove ST in fifteen minutes. I use them for my tent on the right, sleeping bag on the left. Good to get the weight low. Price is right, well crafted, five stars.Also fit a set to my Surly gravel bike (Cross Check), flawless.

As others have said, this is one of the few options out there when it comes to MTB front pannier mounts, and it's just kinda disappointing at every turn.1. It should come as no surprise that the axle quick release skewer is not "XL" and is too short for even the most vanilla front fork configuration. Mine is 122mm wide (outer), and the provided skewer doesn't catch a single thread on the nut with the racks attempting to be mounted. I required at 165mm or 170mm skewer. (Typical rear MTB skewer)2. The top retainer tabs don't seem to be spaced to any standard, as all the quick release panniers I own do not fit (Iberia, RhinoWalk, etc). The tabs protrude at a spacing that interferes with the pannier bag's clips. (No, I will not zip tie my quick release bag). I, instead, ground down the stock retainers, touched up the wound with a little paint, and added hose clamps (6-12mm) to retain the bags. Now, it fits almost any bag clip layout.3. The vertical spacing between the top bar and the bottom support also seems to be non-standard. Again, all the tested quick release panniers I own do not fit. Unclear how to resolve this without modification to the structure.Of course, with a little re-engineering, almost anything can be made to work, but it seems like we should be able to expect that a little bit more attention was paid to the compatibility of the racks with the bikes they're intended for as well as the range of panniers on the market.

Installation of this rack was very straightforward on my 29er MTB with disc brakes. Everything went on just like it was supposed to. My bike has Rock Shox Recon suspension, and the u-bolts fit around the suspension tubes just fine. A pair of Ortlieb sport roller panniers fit perfectly onto the rack. I rode a 2-day mountain tour over forest service roads in North Georgia (very rough roads) with no problems.The only slight issue is that the shape of the front-wheel dropouts and how they are welded to the end of the front suspension tubes causes the rack to tilt at an angle (~15 degs or so). Not a problem, but just something of which to be aware.Great rack. Sturdy. Good price.

I got this rack for my bike, A Trek 8.3 DS mountain bike. The product is great, sturdy and well made. 4 stars. Unfortunately, the skewer that came with it was too short to fit my bike. (You need a longer skewer than your bike came with to allow for mounting the rack, and Axiom supplies one). I wrote Axiom customer service (you cannot call them) explaining the problem and the exact length of skewer I needed, asking them to simply send me a longer one. Four days later my answer came back: "take it to a bike shop and have it mounted." Really? Like I can't do this myself? I wrote to them again, three days ago, again asking for the proper skewer, but no response. So one star due to basically no customer service.