Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
Well, if you're handy you can get a strip of material from the hardware store. I like this stuff, it's steel, but very thin and is a series of holes. It's about 1/8" thick, 3/4" wide and is very flexible and very easily cut with a hacksaw if you hold it on edge in a vise. Anyway, you can cut a few inches of it and bend it and twist it anyway you want to make whatever kind of extension you need. If I can photograph mine and post it, I will.
Joiner plates.
They're super handy for fabbing mounts and extenders and other fiddly-bits. I used a joiner plate and some PVC pipe to make the front rack mount for my handlebar bag. Decaleur = $40.00 My fabbed mount < $5.00