We already acquired a sneak peek at Previous Man Mountain’s new carry-anything Axle Pack again on the MADE present final fall – giving any fork extra accent mounts. However now they’re available for purchase. And we’ve strapped a pair onto a Mastodon fats bike fork to hold extra and take our winter adventures additional…
Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack bolt-on fork accent mounts
Two-position 3-pack mounts that match any fork, no eyelets wanted.
The Previous Man Mountain (OMM) Axle Pack simply bolts on to the tip of your axle (requiring OMM’s personal thru-axle Match Equipment ). Meaning they’re sturdy and have nowhere to slip down or spin round your fork legs as you journey. The direct mount additionally means they get rated for a full 10kg in complete 5kg/11lb per facet. Greater than the 3-4.5kg per facet that eyelet mounting is ready to ship.
The super-secure off-road-rated setup is comparatively mild, and provides you 4 mounting bolts to get that weight low. Two place choices for a 3-pack Something cage OR the flexibility to put in two separate 2-bolt mounts. For ex. an everyday water bottle cage up high, and a device cage down under.
What you carry is actually as much as your creativeness. I’ve bolted a pair as much as a Manitou Mastodon fork with a few cages. And strapped on a tent & sleeping bag. Or a few 1l Nalgene bottles. Essentially the most I’ve hooked up to date has been about 1.6kg per facet. So, I’ll need to get extra artistic with packing to push up near that 10kg weight restrict.
Anybody have any concepts what I ought to carry within the snow?
Tech particulars & Precise weights
The core of the Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack are the 2 brackets that stretch up the facet of every fork leg. CNC-machined from 6061 aluminum in Taiwan. They then mount on to a customized thru-axle made within the US by The Robert Axle Challenge with threads to bolt onto from both finish. Up high, a pair of plastic fork Pucks get strapped round your fork leg with “ultra-strong” UV-stable Panduit zip-ties, offering a set of higher eyelets to connect the brackets.
All that, and an Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack setup provides 265g to my fork, together with all metal mounting {hardware} and the 3-pack bolts. OMM claims a weight of simply 73g per facet, which is only a single bracket with out all the mandatory {hardware} and particular axle. Nonetheless, 265g is probably going as mild as different clamp-on mounting options. And the axle mounting is rock strong, with big carrying capability.
Figuring in an entire weigh-in… A few titanium King Manything Cages can be 68g a chunk. Or a pair of the adjustable size aluminum Apidura Cargo Cages at 85g a chunk. My Previous Man Mountain 25″ Voile straps weigh 28g a chunk.
All in my setup with 4 straps & one among every cage totals 531g, lower than the burden of the water in my smallest bottles.
Straightforward mounting & setup
Putting in the Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack was just about as straightforward as changing any bolt-on thru-axle. Then bolting on a 3-pack mount Something Cage. With that mentioned, between the Axle Pack & Match Equipment – it got here with 12 bolts of three totally different sizes, 6 washer/spacers of three totally different sizes, a few Axle Pack brackets, 8 heavy-duty Panduit zip-ties, and a alternative axle.
What it didn’t embody have been set up directions, simply a few QR codes that hyperlink to the OMM assist web page. A part of the journey of testing issues earlier than they formally launch… After all, I ignored these QR thingamabobbers, and plowed forward.
Of word, the Axle Pack directions are actually on-line (right here) – regardless that persinally, I nonetheless favor the trial-and-error methodology.
Certain, I switched up a few the longer bolts/spacers from high to backside, at first. Nevertheless it all match and labored fairly effectively.
Then, I spotted that putting in the longer bolts and the spacer up high between the bracket & plastic fork Puck higher aligns every thing. So, I sorted that out earlier than my subsequent journey. It’s all metal bolts and durable aluminum brackets, and I’m hauling a lot lower than the max weight. So, it wasn’t a giant deal.
However, correcting my set up mistake meant I might drop the King Manything Cage to the decrease place and get the 1kg weight of my 1L Nalgene bottle a bit decrease.
So, I’d advocate trying on the set up images on the Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack product web page. Or this double Nalgene photograph – right here only – to get it proper on the primary attempt.
In contrast to me.
Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Previous Man Mountain Axle Pack is offered beginning right now and able to ship for $60 for the 2-leg mount package. Additionally they include a lifetime guarantee to be used on- or off-road.
To put in it in your bike you will want an OMM entrance Match Equipment with its customized The Robert Axle Challenge thru-axle. Our Match Equipment for a Manitou Mastodon fatbike fork sells for $82 or $80 for our Fox 36 package. Previous Man Mountain additionally makes traditional quick-release kits, however the brand new Axle Pack was solely designed to make use of with thru-axles and their particular Robert axles.
Previous Man Mountain says the brand new Axle Pack makes any bike a bikepacking bike. Whether or not it has a carbon, aluminum, metal, or suspension fork. It’s already serving to us load up some fats bikes for greater winter adventures!
Axle Packs and Match Kits to suit nearly any fork in existence can be found now, direct from Previous Man Mountain.
