Pannier rack without a light fitting

[summerdays]

Does that rack have a bracing/bolt plate on the top at the rear? cant see from the photo. It's be easy to fettle a light onto an L bracket if so.

Difficult if not

Photo of the underside that I took yesterday, I haven't got the rack to hand at the moment. There does look to be a couple of holes in the top.

 

[Pale Rider]

Photo of the underside that I took yesterday, I haven't got the rack to hand at the moment. There does look to be a couple of holes in the top.

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The Busch and Muller bracket at the bottom of your SJS link earlier in the thread would do the job, although it might need a bit of bending or a couple of spacers on the bolts.

Depends on how keen you are to fettle, exchanging the rack for one with a mounting plate looks a simpler option.

Although if the new rack fits well in other respects, it could be worth persevering with it.

Much as I rate Tubus, you could buy one of those and find that, for some daft reason, it doesn't sit well on your bike.

 

[ANT 666]

How about welding the old one?

 

[Crackle]

What you could do is get some specialist unicorn glue used for repairing horns and glue a bracket on. This has the duel effect of giving you satisfaction and keeps the unicorn glue makers in business as there isn't much demand for their product. it is expensive though.

 

[summerdays]

How about welding the old one?

Who would you get to weld it?

 

[summerdays]

What you could do is get some specialist unicorn glue used for repairing horns and glue a bracket on. This has the duel effect of giving you satisfaction and keeps the unicorn glue makers in business as there isn't much demand for their product. it is expensive though.

No comment

 

[summerdays]

The Busch and Muller bracket at the bottom of your SJS link earlier in the thread would do the job, although it might need a bit of bending or a couple of spacers on the bolts.

Depends on how keen you are to fettle, exchanging the rack for one with a mounting plate looks a simpler option.

Although if the new rack fits well in other respects, it could be worth persevering with it.

Much as I rate Tubus, you could buy one of those and find that, for some daft reason, it doesn't sit well on your bike.

Thanks ... The new rack looked very similar in size and shape to the old one hence why I didn't look closely.

 

[Pale Rider]

Who would you get to weld it?

There will be a few metal fabricators in your area.

You could look for somewhere that makes wrought iron gates/fences or metal garden furniture.

This google search brings up a few possibilities.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=metal+fabricators+bristol&gws_rd=cr

 

[ufkacbln]

Quickest and easiest

Get a scrap piece of PVC pipe
Cut to length and then cut a slit along the entire length

Then cut out the section to go over the weld

Zip tie in place and you are sorted

 

[summerdays]

Thank you!

 

[ufkacbln]

Alternatively cut the pipe to a length slightly greater than the two struts

Then cut an indent at either end that is tight enough to hold the pipe in place

Providing this does not interfere with the wheel and mudguard you now have a mount

 

[ANT 666]

Any half decent garage could fix a busted rack in a few minutes, or a mate with a welder.

 

[psmiffy]

The best thing to do with an aluminium rack that some of the welds have gone on - is to recycle it - likely that the other welds are on their way out - plus if it has been subjected to heavy lugging the uprights may have cold worked and may also be on their way out - I gave up on aluminium racks many years ago after the second supposedly bombproof blackburn rear rack I was using progressively unravelled while I was touring in Italy - a steel rack is two to three times the price of a replacement aluminium rack but is worth it in the long run if you regularly carry decent loads