Tanaka Fujikoma Demi Porteur Rack

Here's a neat rack prototype we've been playing around with. Meet the Tanaka Fujikoma rack. These look very similar to our Champs Elysees stainless steel mini rack, but in fact it's aluminum.

The main difference is the platform is about twice as large as most traditional rando racks. The struts mount to standard mini rack eyelets, but p-clamps are also included for forks that lack them.

We expect these will work better with some of the larger Ostrich bags or the Swift Industries x Ocean Air Docena bag.

Used together with the Tanaka Decaleur, they will handle smaller bags like this Ostrich F-104 too. We should have these in stock in a few months if all goes according to plan. Stay tuned.

Dave's Tricked Out Rivendell

Dave sent over some pictures of his Rivendell Hunqapillar with a customized Soma Porteur rack.

In addition to the Porteur rack, this build features lots of nice Japanese parts. Nitto/Rivendell Bosco Bullmoose bars, Stainless Nitto Bottle cages, Sugino XD Touring Cranks, and a Nitto R26 chrome plated rear rack.

The IRD quill stem shifter mount keeps the Rivendell Silver shifters accessible without taking up handlebar real estate. Cork grips plus Newbaums tape allow for multiple hand positions.

He even added a special mount under the rack platform for a dynamo headlight.

We previously featured his Soma Grand Randonneur build a few weeks ago. I think they'll make a nice pair! Thanks for sharing Dave!