We already received a sneak peek at Outdated Man Mountain’s new carry-anything Axle Pack again on the MADE present final fall – giving any fork extra accent mounts.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…
Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack bolt-on fork accent mounts
Two-position 3-pack mounts that match any fork, no eyelets wanted.
The Outdated Man Mountain (OMM) Axle Pack simply bolts on to the top of your axle (requiring OMM’s personal thru-axle Match Equipment ). Which means they’re robust 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/22lb per facet. Far more than the 3-4.5kg per facet that eyelet mounting often delivers.
The super-secure off-road-rated setup is comparatively mild, and offers you 4 mounting bolts to get that weight low. Two place choices for a 3-pack Something cage OR the power to put in two separate 2-bolt mounts. For ex. an everyday water bottle cage up prime, and a device cage down under.
What you carry is admittedly 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. So, I’ll must 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The core of the Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack are the 2 brackets that reach up the facet of every fork leg.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 Mission with threads to bolt onto from both finish. Up prime, 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All that, and an Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack setup provides 265g to my fork, together with all metal mounting {hardware} and the 3-pack bolts.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 required {hardware} and particular axle. Nonetheless, 265g is probably going as mild as different clamp-on mounting options. And the axle mounting is rock stable, with big carrying capability.
Figuring in an entire weigh-in… A few titanium King Manything Cages could be 68g a chunk. Or a pair of the adjustable size aluminum Apidura Cargo Cages at 85g a chunk. My Outdated Man Mountain 25″ Voile straps weigh 28g a chunk.
All in my setup with 4 straps & certainly one of every cage totals 531g, lower than the load of the water in my smallest bottles.
Straightforward mounting & setup
Putting in the Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack was just about as simple as changing any bolt-on thru-axle. Then bolting on a 3-pack mount Something Cage. With that stated, 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 embrace have been set up directions, simply a few QR codes that hyperlink to the OMM help web page. In fact, I ignored these QR thingamabobbers, and plowed forward. Of word, the Axle Pack directions aren’t but on-line as I sort.
Certain, I switched up a few the longer bolts/spacers from prime to backside, at first. Nevertheless it all match and labored fairly nicely.
Then, I noticed that putting in the longer bolts and the spacer up prime between the bracket & plastic fork Puck higher aligns the whole lot. 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 may drop the King Manything Cage to the decrease place and get the 1kg weight of my 1l Nalgene bottle a bit decrease.
So, I might suggest wanting on the set up photographs on the Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack product web page. Or this double Nalgene photograph – right here only – to get it proper on the primary strive.
Not like me.
Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Outdated Man Mountain Axle Pack is obtainable beginning in the present day and able to ship for $60 for the 2-leg mount equipment. In addition 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 Mission thru-axle. Our Match Equipment for a Manitou Mastodon fatbike fork sells for $82 or $80 for our Fox 36 equipment. There’s additionally a $62 basic Fast-Launch equipment. Or simply $28 for the important thing higher mounting Pucks when you use your unique metal QR skewer.
Outdated 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 just about any fork in existence can be found now, direct from Outdated Man Mountain.
