There is a P-clamp on the other side but no eyelets near the wheel. There is an upper pair of eyelets near the seat, can I just install the rear rack on those or is it impossible without bottom rack eyelets?
by Fair_Rich
There is a P-clamp on the other side but no eyelets near the wheel. There is an upper pair of eyelets near the seat, can I just install the rear rack on those or is it impossible without bottom rack eyelets?
by Fair_Rich
4 Comments
Use P clamps on both sides. Those holes are part of the frame design, used to weld the stays to the dropouts. I would not put bolts through them.
Installing rack into this holes will involve a lot of unnecessary heavy DIY to turn the holes into threaded rivets. Clamping to the frame looks better.
I’ll disagree with the previous 2 comments. Take the wheel out, run the bolts through the top large hole from the inside, drill a larger hole in the rack mounting point and put the nuts on the outside.
This is all assuming that the bolt won’t interfere with the brake on the far side.
Did you ride that rear tire when flat? Sidewall looks a little funny