LD74 - I'm not so happy about it, but I do believe in supporting my LBS(es) and I think we will find a solution. In retrospect, I recall they mentioned that they had used something similar to this configuration for someone touring over the Rockies and I think they got a little too excited that the same would be a good solution for me, even though I thought I had explained it pretty well. I've never owned a bike with a braze-on, so it never occurred to me that this would be an issue.