brokenbetty
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- London
I've got an old folding bike I use for shop-pootling. It's got a basket but a rack would be handy as well.
I also have a spare rack which is a nice size for this bike, but it needs braze-ons on the rear dropout and the bike doesn't have them. There is a mudguard but the stays are fitted directly onto the rear axle, which won't work for the rack (holes far too small).
Are there any cunning hacks to get round this? It's not worth getting braze-ons brazed on - in fact I'm not sure the bike would survive that - so I was thinking of something like two plates with a big hole and a little hole that I could bolt onto the axle.
I know I could buy a seat-post mounted rack but I'm trying to reuse stuff around the house.
I also have a spare rack which is a nice size for this bike, but it needs braze-ons on the rear dropout and the bike doesn't have them. There is a mudguard but the stays are fitted directly onto the rear axle, which won't work for the rack (holes far too small).
Are there any cunning hacks to get round this? It's not worth getting braze-ons brazed on - in fact I'm not sure the bike would survive that - so I was thinking of something like two plates with a big hole and a little hole that I could bolt onto the axle.
I know I could buy a seat-post mounted rack but I'm trying to reuse stuff around the house.