Originally Posted by
bellweatherman
P clamps suck. What are you guys talking about. P clamps are flimsy. Teak, ok, so they will hold up a rack and something light, but as soon as you put any weight on it the rack shifts. Not a stable solution.
I interpret the OP's problem to be that there are no eyelets on the seat stays but that there are eyelets on the dropouts. If that is the case, then any load is supported by the dropout eyelets. The purpose for the attachment to the seat stays (or brake bridge) is to prevent the rack from rotating in the plane of the wheel. That's a very small force and well within the a p-clamp's limitations.