Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
P-clamps are probably the easiest way to deal with this. Make sure you get steel ones; plastic p-clamps are only strong enough for mudguards.
Alternatively, Blackburn used to make "custom eyelets" that fit in the window of the dropout. You can still find them on e.g. eBay.
I'm not fond of mounting racks on the hub axle; it makes wheel removal awkward.
I had a set of these once worked great. I recently made similar using m5/6 bolts, washer and plumbing rubber cones..... it OP is creative and can do a few trips to ACE it is really not that difficult to do....just fiddley
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