My first mtb was a talera
My first fixie was (and is) a Talera.
I was born on a Talera
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It also does have a 7 speed drivetrain, like the Talera. Probably is a Talera under there…
Oh, and my horrible rack workaround for probably-the-year:
The travel agent on the front wheel of my gravel®©™ bike runs into a centered fork crown stay (I had this happen on one of my other machines when I put mini-Vs under it; in that case I replaced the mini-Vs with regular Vs, but that’s not an option with this machine because the tires are huge and the brake tracks are stupidly narrow) so I put a plate at the crown and attached the stay offset to the NDS. Probably not a good plan for a rack that’s supposed to carry a lot of cargo, but for small rando loads (and shopping trips) it should be fine.
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It looks like the fork I’ve got (with the exception of the paint scheme):
(1kg, 210 mm’s worth of steertube, 40 mm threaded – my Talera has a considerably longer HT, so it looks like you could take this fork, lop off the threaded part, and do it as a threadless fork like G-d Themself Intended.) Want it + the Nashbar rack + some brazeons + some puddles of brass?
heck yes
Gimme a few days to glue things up and fling it in a box for you.
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oh shiiiii
I wonder how it fares on bumpy terrain? The promo video shows the rider just lifting the bag off, so I get the nasty suspicion that a ill-placed root or rock would result in the bag lifting off, rotating forward, then plunging off the front of the rack to its demise.
It’s magnets so idk. 
How do they work
I’m not sure about the one I posted but their retrofit magnetic bag does apparently require a twist to release, you can see it towards the end of this video:
It’s a valid concern though!
better not hit any bumps in the middle of a turn then
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I mean, currently our best off-the-shelf solution is a couple Velcro straps so things can only get better
Velcro straps are pretty sweet tho
Velcrosuittrampoline.gif
kidding
I have a buddy who uses the fidlock thing as a downtube water bottle. Works great. I’m sure this is fine
Yeah, I think the secret to the magnets is only giving them one direction that easily releases in sheer.
First design exploring something that could snap a rando bag into a rack. It’s designed for a rack with fore-aft rails made from 3/4 aluminum angle stock. For your traditional round tubing it would be a lot lower profile. I have a pile of other ideas but I wanted to explore things that have no moving parts first.
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Interesting design that includes dynamo wiring hole:
Looks dorky
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