Hey,

I'm going to be doing some long distance loaded touring, and I'm looking at how to mount a front rack on my bike (miyata 610).

The bike has eyelets at the base of the fork where it connects to the hub, but no eyelets farther up the fork where a front rack usually fastens.

It seems like have two options: 1) mount a rack that fastens to the fork without physically being bolted to the upper part, or 2) solder eyelets onto the upper part of the fork so I can bolt the front rack to it.

The problem with option 1 is that the front rack won't be able to carry as much weight and might need to be adjusted quiet often. The problem with option 2 is that I'd be doing the soldering myself, which could prove difficult (I've not done much soldering).

Any thoughts or opinions are most welcome!!

-Mo